Mister Miracle #4

Mister Miracle #4 (On Sale: July 13, 1971), has a cover by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta. 

This issue begins with "The Closing Jaws of Death" written and penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Vince Colletta. This story introduces Big Barda, Mr. Miracle's lover and friend from Apokolips, who arrives on Earth to help him escape from Dr. Bedlam's trap. Reprinted in Jack Kirby's Mister Miracle TPB (1998), Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2007), Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Vol. 2 TPB (2012), and Mister Miracle by Jack Kirby TPB (2017).

Next up is "Pirate or Patriot?" by Jack Kirby and reprinted from Real Fact Comics #1 (1946). Facts about Jean Lafitte,  who warned the Americans that the British planned on invading New Orleans.

We end with the Boy Commandos in "The Romance of Rip Carter" written and penciled by Joe Simon and inked by Jack Kirby and reprinted from Detective Comics #82 (1943). Rip Carter and the Boy Commandos are sent on a mission to destroy a Nazi supply tunnel in Italy. Their plane is shot down and the Commandos are forced to bail out. They are found by Italian resistance fighters and returned to the allied forces. Rip reports that his mission to destroy the tunnel has failed, but his commanding officer explains that his wrecked plane the Rosalind K crashed into the tunnel, completing the mission.

Edited by Jack Kirby.