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Darth Seuss:
I'm new to this site, and while not new to collecting comics, I was never able to afford Golden Age and don't know much about them. I am a very much a Jack Kirby fan, having started reading/collecting comics as a kid with Kamandi and Omac, among others, and later discovering his Marvel work (I was lucky enough to have a few good Silver Age comics for a while).
Now I'm interested in finding some of his Golden Age work, but I really don't know much about what titles he worked on. I'm most interested in horror and science fiction, then super hero, crime, and possibly some war or Western if there are any someone highly recommends. I'm not much interested in any romance.
Are there any particular horror or science fiction comics with "must read" Kirby work anyone can recommend? There's so much available here that I don't even know where to start. Thanks for you time/thoughts/recommendations...

Roygbiv666:
I'm sure others will chime in with more specifics, but you can start with a list of Kirby's work in chronological order and see if we have them on the site:

http://www.comics.org/penciller/name/Jack%20Kirby/sort/chrono/

the order seems a little out of wack, start about halfway down the page.

kusunoki:
Great to see another Kirby fan (although I'm sure most of the community here is...). Off the top of my head, I would recommend from the site:

Blast Off 1
Bull's Eye 3
Foxhole 2
Strange World of Your Dreams 1
Western Tales 31

Whoops. Looks like Blast Off is not actually PD. You can get a taste of it from Race for the Moon, which Yoc has recommended.

Geo (RIP):
Here's some from the Harvey section:

Alarming Tales most issues, more then one story.
Race for the Moon first issue, cover only, 2 & 3, all Kirby art with Al Williamson inks.

Geo

jfglade:
 Check out "Black Magic" which is sub-listed under Prize. It isn't quite horror and it isn't quite science-fiction but it is as close as Simon and Kirby came. There are seveal "ghosts" involved as assistants but some of the work is unmistakably penciled by Jack Kirby.

 Unfortunatly, you'll find that the bulk of the Simon & Kirby material isn't in the public domain, but some is.

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