Archive for February, 2005
Monday, February 28th, 2005
Themeless Cover Gallery (BoyC, Fury, Defenders)
BOY COMMANDOS #7, 1944. After six issues doing interiors, Kirby is off to the army, with just covers for the next two years. A great vintage S&K cover, lots of movement, nice details on the motorcycles.
SGT. FURY #15, 1965. Dick Ayers inks. Fury and the Howlers taking care of business in […]
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Sunday, February 27th, 2005
Super Powers #2
The series continued with Kirby doing just plotting for the interior story. He did draw the cover, as inked by Mike Royer. Pretty decent looking, although of course Kirby’s never at his best drawing other people’s designs.
The story pretty much has three of the villains sent out with enhanced powers the previous issues […]
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
Black Panther #8 - Panthers or Pussycats?
This story opens up with a flashback to a combat ritual some years ago in Wakanda, where the ruling Panther took on various challengers in hand-to-hand combat. A brilliant two-page spread highlights that battle.
Following the flashback, we get two storylines. T’Challa is flying back to Wakanda when he rescues two men who turn […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2005
New Kirby - Marvel Weddings
Just a quick note that MARVEL WEDDINGS came out recently. It has a reprint of FF Annual with the wedding of Reed and Sue. It’s not really a very sharp reprint (and bad print quality with Colletta inks is just a double killer) unfortunately, and most people would probably prefer to get the […]
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Thursday, February 24th, 2005
Marvel’s Greatest Comics #72 - The Skrull Takes a Slave
This issue reprints FANTASTIC FOUR #90 (1969), inked by Joe Sinnott. The story opens with the wrap-up to the previous issue, where the FF have captured the Moleman in the house they’d planned to move into. Reed lets the Moleman escape, explaining that “It’s a strage paradoxical world we live in. A man […]
