American Update: DC Debuts: the Dawn of Darkseid in Kirby’s Jimmy Olsen, and more
*DC: A condition of Kirby’s move to DC was that, in addition to launching his own series, he should take on one long-running DC title. The lucky title was Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen – a surprise pick, admittedly – in which Kirby ditched all the beloved tropes such as lovelorn alien women and Jimmy Olsen Fan Clubs, and set our freckle-faced hero off on an odyssey across America to encounter Kirby’s own ‘Fourth World’ creations. Prominent among these was Darkseid, the fiendish ruler of the hell-world Apokolips, in only a fleeting cameo – Darkseid’s image flashes up on a monitor screen while Facetiming with Morgan Edge – but it’s nevertheless the first appearance of the villainous fulcrum of the entire Fourth World Saga, and as such is commanding insane prices right now. We have the first three of Kirby’s Jimmy Olsen back in stock, in affordable mid-grades: #133 is FN+ £18; #134 (1st Darkseid cameo) is FA p £20 and #135 (pictured, 3rd Darkseid) is FN+ p £55.