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In the 1970s, NASA launched the Pioneer 10 space probe, carrying a message for any alien life it might encounter. As we saw in KIRBY: GENESIS 0 (which the publisher has now made freely available online, by the way), Pioneer encountered Something and that Something sent a response in Earth's direction. In issue 1, that response arrives, in the present day.

The main characters of KIRBY: GENESIS are a pair of Minnesotan college kids named Kirby and Bobbi. At issue's beginning, Bobbi's trying to convince Kirby to take a break from his studies.

That night, two unearthly lights appear over Minneapolis, and Kirby and Bobbi -- along with everyone else -- try to get a closer look.

The entities say to humanity, "Show me," then vanish in an enormous wave of light that ripples across the planet.

It's not clear just what they did. But, the next day, the world explodes in Jack Kirby-ness.

The characters themselves ask the question: Was all this impossible stuff always part of the world, just never discovered, or did those two space beings somehow create it?

At first, the series looks like it's going to be taking a MARVELS approach, showing all these extraordinary events from the person on the street's point of view. However, it soon moves away from that, as Kirby and Bobbi become personally involved in all the weirdness: Kirby makes a comment about how some pottery shards in the university museum bear a slight resemblance to the Gazra site. He knows it's grasping at straws, as it's only the vaguest of resemblances, but at least it's *something* to do, right? So off they go to investigate.

At the museum, Bobbi seems to fall under the power of some supernatural force.

Exit Bobbi Cortez, enter the "chooser of the slain," the "Midnight Swan."

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auggie18

And tonight, the role of Kirby will be played by Jay Baruchel.

icon_uk

I'd never heard of him, but a quick google and... you're not kidding! O_o

drmcninja

I like this. I am going to pick this up. Definitely has a Marvels feel to it, and I love the art contrast between reality and Kirby-ism. This is starting to really impress me.