On 25th August it's the 50th anniversary of the publication of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #133, the starting point of Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga. Along with The Forever People, New Gods and Mister Miracle, it's gained a reputation as Kirby's masterpiece and become a piece of comics history.
Apart from dipping into the odd issue of Mister Miracle, and browsing the first issues of the other series in reprints, I've not read this epic. I have, however, just read Tom Scioli's excellent Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics and I now feel a growing desire to read Kirby's Fourth World in its entirety.
I'll be reading along in real-time, based on the publication date of each issue, but 50 years ahead. I'll be coming to the issues fresh, with no preconceived ideas of what I'll be reading in order to mimic the reading experience of 50 years ago. I'll be posting shortly after each publication date once I've gathered my thoughts about each issue. Comments will be opened and I'd encourage you to read along and engage in discussion with me. I'm doing this purely for fun, so it'll be an informal blog series at this point.
I'm sourcing publication dates from the Grand Comic Book Database. I'll be following the publication order outline here. I'll be tweeting about this series and announcing new post on my twitter account.
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