Monthly Archives: January 2006

Nova #5 [1977] – Cover

Posted on January 27, 2006 by Bob

NOVA #5, 1977, inked by Frank Giacoia, another one of those covers done in that era for non-Kirby characters. I kind of like Nova’s design, it’s very compatible with the Kirby look. The “Earth-Shaker” villain seems a bit ridiculous, though. I always think “robo-clown” when I first see this cover rather than “drilling machine”. Looks like good goofy fun, I guess, especially with the crowds fleeing / crowds in peril look so common in the old monster books.

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World of Fantasy #19 [1959] – Cover

Posted on January 26, 2006 by Bob

One of the not quite so long-lived Marvel monster books, this issue at least had a pretty cool Kirby monster, apparently inked by Christopher Rule. Very weird look on the monster’s face, he looks a bit tired of this rampaging lifestyle he finds himself trapped in.

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Published 1959

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Mystic Comics #7 [1941] – Cover

Posted on January 26, 2006 by Bob

One of Simon&Kirby’s non-Captain America covers at Timely, with some cool monsters coming out of the Trunk of Terror. And Hitler, too. The Destroyer is one of those characters who didn’t seem to catch on, though he did last for a while in various wartime books. I think it was the striped pants, makes it hard to take him seriously.

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Published 1941

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Admin – That feeling of deja vu

Posted on January 26, 2006 by Bob

If a lot of the entries in the near future seem familiar, I’m going to be re-posting some of the covers I’d previously including in multi-cover gallery posts so I have a unique URL for each one, and maybe adding a few more detailed comments.

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Love Romances #91 [1961] – Cover

Posted on January 26, 2006 by Bob

Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta provide the cover for this Marvel romance comic. I really like the movie poster style on this one, with just a hint of what the actual story might be about. A nice change from the exposition and blurb heavy usual style. This is one of my favourite of the roughly two dozen romance covers Kirby did at Marvel.

Update from the comments, the background figure is actually taken from Kirby’s cover to LR #85, and it’s not clear if the foreground figures are original or modified from a Kirby drawing or from elsewhere. Let us know what you think.

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Published 1961

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