Probably the Kirbyverse stuff he did for Topps in the 90s. It feels a lot like stuff he tossed off/didn’t really develop because, well, it’s exactly that.
Did you ever check out the KIRBY series Busiek, Herbert (and Ross kinda) did for Dynamite?
I picked up the first … 3 issues or so, but it was so slow-moving and thhat the main kid looked waaaay too much like Jay Baruschel kind of killed my interest in it. I mean, I like Marvels and Astro City and also Jack Kirby — and it felt a little too much like Marvels + Astro City + Jack Kirby at times — but there wasn’t enough there to keep me plunking down $4 a pop every month. I have a feeling it would read a lot better in chunks. Did it end up being good?
Yeah, I dug it, but I also liked the opening issues so maybe it just wasn’t right for you…? I’m sure there’s a trade out there by now, so you could probably check that out.
There were a bunch of spin-offs that, to be blunt, didn’t work for a variety of reasons, but the core book was pretty good.