Archive for January, 2006
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Fantastic Four #200 [1978] - Cover
FANTASTIC FOUR #200 - November 1978, inked by Joe Sinnott. The last time Kirby would draw the FF for Marvel (although he would draw story-boards for a cartoon after this, and some of those boards would be taken and turned into a comic a few years later). A simple enough cover, but effective. […]
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Monday, January 30th, 2006
Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #138 - The Big Boom
This issue concludes the big battle with the Four-Armed Terror, unleashed on The Project by the Evil Factory. The Terror is a great villainous monster, which is probably why Kirby did a bunch of sketches with various characters (including the Hulk) battling him.
This story has a 15-minute countdown to the blow-up at the Project’s […]
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Monday, January 30th, 2006
Upcoming Kirby - TJKC #46
Details on another issue of the KIRBY COLLECTOR are up on the TwoMorrows site. Looks like a lot of fun for the Fourth World fans.
THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #46
80 pages - Tabloid Format
He’s got the whole Fourth World in his hands in JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #46, as this issue focuses on Kirby’s FOREVER PEOPLE, […]
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Monday, January 30th, 2006
Two-Gun Kid #56 [1960] - Cover
TWO-GUN KID #56, October 1960, inked by Dick Ayers - This is the original Two-Gun Kid, who’d be revamped in just a few issues. Ayers inking on Kirby western art is always a treat. Always a lot of nice detail on the outfits and the backgrounds.
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Sunday, January 29th, 2006
Bombast #1 [1993] - Cover
BOMBAST #1, April 1993 - The characters for the Topps Kirbyverse comics were taken from unused character designs that Kirby had done some time prior, so the covers taken from those designs are are a bit bland, with just the figures on a crackly background rather than any story-related content. But they still work, […]
