Daily Archives: November 29, 2005

Journey Into Mystery #90 [1963] – Cover

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This issue of JiM marked the first issue where Kirby didn’t do the interior Thor story, missing most of the next year until taking over fulltime. The Carbon Copy Man isn’t the greatest of villains (oooh, carbon copy!!! Scary!!), of course, but the frozen Thor is pretty cool, especially the shading effect on the legs. Thor looks kind of young on here, though. Dick Ayers inks this cover.

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Published 1963

Fantastic Four #87 [1969] – The Power and the Pride

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This issue features the last chapter of Kirby’s last Doctor Doom story, as the FF have escaped Doom’s latest trap thanks to a rescue from Sue, but still have to get out of Latveria. Isn’t that a great looking castle?

Fantastic Four #87 [1969]

The rest of the story involves the various battles to get to Doom, including undercover SHIELD agents, former Nazi minions and Doom sacrificing his plans against the FF to save his art treasures. Definitely the off-beat ending that the cover promised. Along the way there are two great splash pages of Doom. This storyline definitely delivered some of the definitive images of the villain.

Cover and 20-page story inks by Joe Sinnott.

Published 1969