Mon 4 Jul 2005
When I talk about Jack Kirby artwork on WWII flag-draped super-heroes of military rank, you know I’m talking about…
Captain Freedom?
Yep. Kirby did a bunch of covers in 1942 for this Harvey Comics character who appeared in SPEED COMICS. Don’t know too much about the character, he was apparently a newspaper publisher named Don Hudson who sometimes had a kid gang group the Young Defenders helping him. The handful of covers Kirby did were certainly good (though there’s some disagreement over which are S&K and which are Simon solo).
The original art for this cover was up for auction a while ago. Check out the scan here.
Published 1942
July 5th, 2005 at 1:55 am
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July 6th, 2005 at 2:59 pm
Am I the only one who thinks this cover looks more Simon than Kirby?
Nick Caputo
July 7th, 2005 at 1:44 am
I thought a few of the other SPEED covers attributed to Kirby looked a bit more Simon, but thought this one clearly had some Kirby. But then I’ve never looked at solo Simon too closely. Definitely a different inking style than was typical of their DC or Marvel work of the era.
May 6th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
speed kills