Daily Archives: January 6, 2006

Marvel’s Greatest Comics #66 [1976] – The Name is Doom

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Heh, Doom cracks me up in this issue. Although I’m never clear if he’s supposed to be delusional or intentionally ironic in these kinds of scenes.

Anyway, returning from their adventure with the Inhumans, the FF (with Crystal subbing for new mother Sue) are intercepted by Nick Fury and recruited for a mission to find out about a rumoured robot army being amassed somewhere in Europe. That naturally takes them to Latveria, where they’re captured by Doom’s robots, hypnotized to prevent the use of their powers and placed in a seemingly peaceful village, where Doom plans to toy with them.

Marvel's Greatest Comics #66 [1976]

Doom really makes this issue, there are a lot of great scenes with him, showing off his arrogant royal bearing, and it’s always good to see that outdated but still charming version of Old Europe that Kirby drew.

Joe Sinnott inks the story, which thanks to some creative editing of the early scenes now clocks in at 18 pages, as well as the reprint cover, which is among my favourite FF covers.

Published 1976

Sgt. Fury #19 [1965] – Cover

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Boy, how does Fury get himself in these situations. Grabbing onto a WWI bi-plane in a fight against nazis? No wonder SHIELD recruited him. Love that Dum Dum figure in the corner.

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Inking credit on this one is unknown. The Kirby Checklist has Chic Stone, which definitely seems wrong. The GCD has Carl Hubbell (who inked a few interior FURY stories around this time as well) listed with a question mark, replacing their earlier Stone credit.

Published 1965

The Invaders #4 [1976] – Cover

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Cap, the Torch and Namor battle nazis on the high seas in this early INVADERS cover. My favourite bit is the flipped over nazi that Cap has just decked. Frank Giacoia inks the image.
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invart.jpgThe art for this cover is currently being auctioned at Heritage Comics, already out of most people’s price range, I’m sure. Check their site for a large scan (registration required), which is missing the cover blurb so you get some more details on U-Man’s leg.

Published 1976