Archive for September, 2005
Thursday, September 29th, 2005
Iron Man #95 [1977] - Cover
I dunno, if that’s supposed to be the Washington Monument, the proportions and perspective seem to be a bit screwed up. On the other hand, Ultimo looks pretty cool, and Iron Man never looks better than when he’s covered in Kirby squiggles.
Al Milgrom inks.
Published 1977
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2005
My Own Romance #71 [1959] - Cover
Class barriers and conflicts were one of the big themes of romance comics. Kirby did that well, with a lot of good visual shorthand no doubt based on his own experiences, with some great work on the background characters. Also of course the usual sexy and stylish main characters.
Inks by Chris Rule.
Published 1959
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2005
–Link– Publishers Weekly on MAXIMUM FF
Publishers Weekly has an article on the genesis of the upcoming MAXIMUM FANTASTIC FOUR coffee-table book reprint of FF #1, with comments from Walter Mosely. Apparently the book jacket will fold out to a poster with photo reproductions of every page of the comic (it doesn’t say, but presumably full size) while inside every […]
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Monday, September 26th, 2005
Tales to Astonish #59 [1964] - Cover
A nice Kirby/Brodsky cover introducing the Hulk to the title, first through this guest shot leading to his solo run beginning next issue. There are a lot of great Kirby Hulk images on this run of covers, and this is one of my favourites. Just a very powerful and kinetic image, the movement […]
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Saturday, September 24th, 2005
Sgt. Fury #14 [1965] - Cover
Here’s a nice image of the Howler’s circled by what I guess are their German counterparts. For some reason I’m tempted to reverse the logos and present it as the rare Earth-X comic BARON STRUCKER AND HIS BLITZKREIG SQUAD. Although I thought the character was better when they brought him into the modern […]
