Archive for April, 2006
Friday, April 28th, 2006
Challengers of the Unknown #76 [1970]
Two reprints from 1958 in this issue, both Kirby inked by Marvin Stein, although the newly added credits list Wally Wood as the inker.
CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #2 is the source for the 10-page “The Traitorous Challenger”. The Challs are investigating a strange creature spotting in Australia when “honorary member” June Walker arrives and […]
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Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
New Kirby - Collected Kirby Collector v5
Shipping to comic shops this week, THE COLLECTED JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR v5, collecting #20-#22 of the magazine, plus the usual selection of new pieces.
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Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
–Link– Marvel webcomics
Via Mike in a comment to a previous post, Marvel has some of their comics in a web format, including three by Kirby (ETERNALS #1, BLACK PANTHER #1, FANTASTIC FOUR #1). The interface seems more than a bit clunky, and you have to register (for free) to see more than a few pages of […]
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Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
Justice, Inc. #2 [1975] - The Skywalker
The first of three issues of the series Kirby drew late in his DC contract, written by Denny O’Neil. Among the few non-Kirby scripts Kirby drew in the 1970s, this series was probably the best, with some goofy pulp adventure. JUSTICE INC had the adventures of Richard Benson, aka The Avenger (title not […]
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Monday, April 24th, 2006
The Eternals #6 [1976] - Gods and Men at City College
More cosmic battle fun, as Thena confronts Kro and his forces attacking the city (and we find out that Thena had met Kro long ago, and Deviants aren’t usually so long lived).
They arrange a truce, which leads to the release of Sersi and Margo and Ikaris (though Sersi didn’t seem to be having […]
