Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers
| Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers | |
|---|---|
Mike Royer | |
| Letterer(s) | Mike Royer |
| Colorist(s) | Steve Oliff |
| Editor(s) | David Scroggy |
Captain Victory is a comic book originally created, written and drawn by Jack Kirby. It was first published by American comic book publisher Pacific Comics in 1981. Kirby agreed to create a comic for the fledgling publisher because Pacific promised him full creative control, and ownership of the characters.[1]
Publication history
One of Pacific Comics first titles, the original run of Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers lasted thirteen issues, plus a special, through January, 1984. All were written, illustrated, and edited by Jack Kirby.[2]
In the last issues of the Pacific series, Kirby crafted an origin story for Captain Victory which he tied into the
After the end of Pacific, no more was seen of Captain Victory until Topps Comics attempted to revive the character as part of a planned 5-issue mini-series. It only lasted one issue (Victory #1, June 1994) before Topps cancelled all of the 'Kirbyverse' books in 1994. This issue was a part of a more complex project named Secret City Saga.
TwoMorrows Publishing created a 'graphite edition' reprint of the first Captain Victory issue. The edition, in TwoMorrow's words, "presented [Captain Victory #1] as it was created (before it was broken up for the later Pacific Comics series), reproduced from copies of Jack's uninked pencils!"
In 2000, Jack Kirby's grandson Jeremy Kirby launched Jack Kirby Comics, the fledgling company's only offering being a three-issue retelling of Captain Victory, reordered and rescripted by Jeremy. The quality of issues, anyway, is judged fairly inferior to the originals, despite the interesting cover art. The title of the comic book is the same as the original from 1981. The 3rd issue was published exclusively on the web.
In 2006, a new series was published, based on recently discovered initial, and rejected, character sketches for the Wonder Warriors.[4] Jack Kirby's Galactic Bounty Hunters was co-written by Jack's daughter, Lisa, and is creator-owned by her under Marvel's Icon imprint. Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers guest-starred in issue #3 of the six-issue limited series.
In late 2011, Dynamite Entertainment started a new series under the Kirby: Genesis title, which used many of Kirby's created and owned characters (many unpublished), including Captain Victory. This led, in November 2011, to a new Captain Victory title which lasted six issues. It was later collected into a trade paperback.
A new continuing series, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers, written by Joe Casey and published by Dynamite Entertainment, began in August 2014.[5] It ran for 6 issues and was collected into a trade paperback in 2016.
Collected editions
In February 2007,
References
- ISBN 978-1-59474-763-2.
- ^ Markstein, Don. "Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ISBN 1-893905-00-4. page 105)
- ^ Lisa Kirby, Mike Thibodeaux, and Tom Brevoort on Galactic Bounty Hunters Archived 2009-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, September 29, 2006
- ^ Casey Brings Back Kirby’s CAPTAIN VICTORY, Newsarama, May 20, 2014
- ^ One Fan's Opinion by Erik Larsen, Comic Book Resources, February 18, 2007
- ^ SDCC '07: Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson on Image's Kirby Plans Archived March 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, July 29, 2007
- ^ "Captain Victory" Needs You! (press release), Comic Book Resources, October 8, 2007
External links
- Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012.
- Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers (1981) at the Grand Comics Database
- Captain Victory at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
