Hand of Fire is now available, or at least order-able, on Amazon! Previewable too. (I can’t wait to get my hands on the book myself!)
Coming in Jan. and Feb. 2012: Reflections on Kirby v. Marvel and the new Simon & Kirby reprints.
Kirby Studies
The blog of Jack Kirby scholar Charles Hatfield (Hand of Fire)
Kirby Studies 
Charles, Looking forward to your new book. Love to read what you write about comics.
Thanks, Bob! Best of the holiday and the New Year to you and yours!
Just received “Hand of Fire” and devoured it over the course of two days. Outstanding effort! Easy to see that this was a labor of love and certainly the market is crying out for further assessments such as this on the King of Comics. Food for thought on many levels and although I don’t agree with everything you present the book creates an avenue for thoughtful discussion. Kudos to you! This book was much needed and equally much appreciated!
Thank you, Gary! I’m glad the book made such a strong impression, and I greatly appreciate your encouraging words.
Yours is the first reader review I’ve received on this site. Ironically, I myself have not held the book in my hands yet! (Man, am I impatient…)
I’ll be writing an awesome review on Yahoo.voices (formerly Associatedcontent.com) and will link to your site. What you produced is much too good to have fall through the cracks over Jack Kirby fandom!
Gary, many thanks! Happy New Year to you and yours.