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{{short description|American comic book series}}
{{one source|date=June 2017}}
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| image = Kirby, Genesis, Dynamite Entertainment, May 2011.jpg
| caption =
| alt =
| publisher = [[Dynamite Entertainment]]
| startmo = May 25,
| startyr = 2011
| endmo = July 11,
| endyr = 2012
| genre = [[Mythology]] <br> [[Science fiction]] <br> [[Superhero comics|Superhero]]
| main_char_team = Characters created and owned by [[Jack Kirby]]
| writers = [[Kurt Busiek]] <br> [[Alex Ross]]
| artists = [[Jack Herbert]] <br> Alex Ross
| TPB = Kirby Genesis: Dragonsbane
| ISBN = 1-60690-342-X
| TPB2 = Kirby: Genesis: Captain Victory Volume 1
| ISBN2 = 1-60690-331-4
| TPB3 = Kirby: Genesis&nbsp;– Silver Star Volume 1
| ISBN3 = 1-60690-330-6
| TPB4 = Kirby: Genesis Volume 1
| ISBN4 = 1-52410-032-3
}}
'''''Kirby: Genesis''''' is an American [[comic book]] limited series published from May 25, 2011, to July 11, 2012, by [[Dynamite Entertainment]]. It was based on [[Jack Kirby]]'s work for [[Pacific Comics]] in the 1980s and the "[[Kirbyverse]]" line published by [[Topps Comics]] in the 1990s.

== Plot ==
In 1971, [[NASA]] launched [[space probe]] ''[[Pioneer 10]]'' for a mission on [[Jupiter]], but the probe later found a portal that drove it across the universe at [[light speed]]. The event was witnessed through a [[telescope]] by Kirby Freeman, a smart, young student from [[New York City]] who lives with his college partner and secret romantic interest, Bobbi Cortez, whose father, Jake, is a police officer. Some time later, two mysterious beings transported alien races across the universe. Kirby, Bobbi, and Jake must work together to solve the mystery these heroes are on Earth before a group of villains threaten to destroy it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsarama.com/5613-alex-ross-kurt-busiek-team-for-dynamite-s-kirby-genesis.html|title=ALEX ROSS & KURT BUSIEK Team For Dynamite's KIRBY: GENESIS|publisher=[[Newsarama]]|date=May 29, 2011 |access-date=July 12, 2010}}</ref>

== Titles ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width=72%
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! Title
! Issues
! Publication schedule
! Writer(s)
! Artist(s)
|-
! ''Kirby: Genesis''
| #0–8
| May 25, 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/kirby-genesis/|title=Kirby: Genesis|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=May 29, 2011|access-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref> – July 11, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/kirby-genesis-8/|title=Kirby: Genesis #8 (Preview)|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=July 9, 2011|access-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref>
| [[Kurt Busiek]] and [[Alex Ross]]
| [[Jack Herbert]] and Alex Ross
|-
! ''Kirby: Genesis – Silver Star''
| #1–6
| November 9, 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/kirby-genesis-silver-star-1/|title=Kirby: Genesis – Silver Star #1 (Preview)|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=November 7, 2011|access-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref> – June 27, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/kirby-genesis-silver-star-6/|title=Kirby: Genesis – Silver Star #6 (Preview)|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=June 25, 2012|access-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref>
| Jai Nitz
| [[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Mark Buckingham]], Johnny Desjardins and Alex Ross
|-
! ''Kirby: Genesis – Captain Victory''
| #1–8
| November 16, 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/kirby-genesis-captain-victory-1/|title=Kirby: Genesis – Captain Victory #1 (Preview)|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=November 12, 2011|access-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref> – July 4, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/kirby-genesis-captain-victory-6/|title=Kirby: Genesis – Captain Victory #6 (Preview)|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=July 2, 2012|access-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref>
| [[Sterling Gates]]
| Mark Buckingham, Johnny Desjardins and Alex Ross
|-
! ''Kirby: Genesis – Dragonsbane''
| #1–4
| January 18, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/kirby-genesis-dragonsbane-1/|title=Kirby: Genesis Dragonsbane #1 (Preview)|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=January 16, 2012|access-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref> – June 5, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/kirby-genesis-dragonsbane-4/|title=Kirby: Genesis Dragonsbane #4 (Preview)|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=June 3, 2013|access-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref>
| [[Robert Rodi]]
| Fritz Casas
|}

== Trade paperbacks ==
* ''Kirby: Genesis'' (288 pages, August 29, 2012, {{ISBN|1-60690-342-X}})
* ''Kirby: Genesis – Silver Star'' (152 pages, January 9, 2013, {{ISBN|1-60690-331-4}})
* ''Kirby: Genesis – Captain Victory'' (144 pages, January 9, 2013, {{ISBN|1-60690-330-6}})
* ''Kirby: Genesis – Dragonsbane'' (104 pages, August 17, 2016, {{ISBN|1-52410-032-3}})

== References ==
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{{Dynamite Entertainment}}
{{Jack Kirby}}

[[Category:Jack Kirby]]
[[Category:2011 comics debuts]]
[[Category:2013 comics endings]]
[[Category:Dynamite Entertainment titles]]
[[Category:Comics by Kurt Busiek]]
[[Category:Crossover comics]]
[[Category:Fantasy comics]]
[[Category:Science fiction comics]]
[[Category:Superhero comics]]
[[Category:Mythopoeia]]
[[Category:Mythology in comics]]
[[Category:Comics set in the 1970s]]
[[Category:Metafictional comics]]

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