Wanted TPB: Super Powers Mini-Series

Writer: Jack Kirby, Joey Cavalieri and Paul Kupperberg
Artist: Adrian Gonzales, Jack Kirby, and Carmine Infantino
Publisher: DC Comics (1984 - 1986)
Includes: Super Powers #1-5 (1984), Super Powers #1-5 (1985), Super Powers #1-6 (1986)

 

Clipped from Wikipedia: DC Comics produced three comic book mini-series featuring characters from the toyline, one during each year of the toyline's existence. The first series of comics in 1984 was plotted by Jack Kirby, whom also provided covers, who went on to pencil the second series. The third and final series was penciled by the legendary Carmine Infantino. These comics were separate from the continuity of the regular comics featuring the characters.

Clipped from www.everydayislikewednesday.blogspot.com: First and foremost, it’s Jack freaking Kirby. As recent shipping lists bear out, there’s as much interest in Kirby’s work right now as there’s ever been before. It’s not just DC’s new, complete Fourth World omnibus collection. It’s everything. The exact same week that Marvel put out a Devil Dinosaur collection, Image published a Silver Star one. It’s really only a matter of time before everything Kirby’s ever done gets trade-collected, and the iron seems to be particularly hot at the moment, DC, so go ahead, strike already! 

Clipped from www.actionfigureinsider.com: Not only was each mini-series used to highlight specific characters, but the ships and playsets from each wave were used extensively too. The Tower of Darkness in particular gets a heavy workout in the last series, probably leaving many kids looking for the corresponding playset, as it was pictured on the back of the third wave cards. The third series also ends with an obvious lead-in to a fourth series, which just wasn't in the cards. It is unknown as of yet if any work had been started on this planned fourth series. 

Fun Facts: Comic creator Jack Kirby received some of the only royalties of his long career for redesigning his characters for Kenner. Artist George Pérez also received royalties for his design of Cyborg and redesign of Lex Luthor. Most other designs (and much of the packaging artwork) were based on José Luis García-López' classic DC Style Guides (other artwork used appears to be the work of Dick Giordano whom was known to ink Garcia-Lopez' art for the publications).

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