Sky Masters of the Space Force

This 2020s revival from Komics Initiative brings Jack Kirby’s classic 1950s newspaper strip back into print, collecting the full run of military space-adventure serials written by Dave and Dick Wood. The series showcases Kirby’s dynamic, early-career artwork at its most kinetic, following the astronauts of the titular Space Force through Cold War-era orbital missions and alien encounters. It matters as a vital preservation of a foundational, lesser-known Kirby project that bridged his work from the Golden Age to the Marvel Age.