There's an anecdote at the end of the new Jack Kirby Fourth World Omnibus where Mark Evanier relays the story of an artist coming on the CAPTAIN AMERICA and announcing he intended to carry on in the Kirby Tradition. And then, Evanier tells us, Jack quipped in the raspy, apocryphal way he would quip about such things, that "The kid doesn't get it-- the Kirby Tradition is to create a new comic."

Indeed.

Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead:

THE ORDER #1

COVER BY: BARRY KITSON
WRITER: MATT FRACTION
PENCILS: BARRY KITSON
INKS: MARK MORALES
COLORED BY: DEAN WHITE
THE STORY:
THE ORDER introduces the all-new and Los Angeles-based crown jewel in Tony Stark’s FIFTY-STATE INITIATIVE. A team of Stark-branded and created super heroes, these young actors, athletes and models are infused with tremendous powers and even more tremendous fame, reborn as the First Super Hero Team of Tomorrow™ -- THE ORDER. Here the same ol'-same ol' means hooking up at the Standard, drinks at SkyBar and a death-duel on Sunset Blvd. against some villain too stupid to realize that, in Hollywood, the good guys always win. The catch: you can be fired at any point along the way. And every inch of your life will be subjected to intense public scrutiny. And if you survive all that for a whole year, you'll face mandatory retirement. And there's no guarantee you'll live to see that retirement. If you had one year to save the world, what would you do?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99