Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Volume Three Book

I hated Jack Kirby's art, until sometime after I hit college (1984). I started to appreciate his work as I got older, until now--I love it. I cannot get enough. The five stars on goodreads.com are not enough because now that I have read a big one year chunk in nearly one sitting, I can see how Kirby's vision with this Fourth World stuff is more than just amazing. This volume is like brain-candy. I have ordered the other three volumes of this collection and cannot wait to devour every one of them. I read some Stan Lee/Jack Kirby Fantastic Four (from Marvem Masterworks, issues #11 and #12), to get some comparisons going in my head, to see who really was more of a genius. I have to say the Lee stuff is less impressive. Both were genius, but ten years later, Kirby unleashed by himself just makes my imagination breathless as I digest it. The Lee-Kirby FF is entertaining and groundbreaking and fun, but Kirby blazed a trail with the Fourth World that none of come close to touching (and when John Byrne tried to, he looked like an idiot). Oh yeah--and I love Big Barda; she reminds me of my wife.