Archive for May, 2006
Monday, May 29th, 2006
Some random stuff
Feel free to use this as an open thread for comments on any of the topics below, or any other Kirby topic.
Alex Toth passed away this past weekend. His comic book collaborations with Kirby were infrequent and of mixed quality, of course (a mostly disastrous attempt to have Toth finish Kirby’s layouts, and then [...]
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Friday, May 26th, 2006
Mister Miracle #14 [1973] – The Quick and the Dead
I really like the house in the background here. Lots of detail, nice texture, and really a good example of the Kirby/Royer combo. Royer’s display lettering is also interesting. It’s really unique, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone else from that era doing such display lettering in the era.
Another single issue story [...]
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
New Kirby – Marvel Masterworks FF v10
In comic stores today, the tenth volume of FF in the Marvel Masterworks series includes the last nine full issues of the series Jack Kirby wrote and drew, several of them being reprinted unedited for the first time ever. Marvel also advertised it as including some extras, so if you picked it up feel [...]
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Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Amazing Adventures #2 [1970] – Friend Against Friend
Kirby continues writing and drawing the Inhumans story this issue, now sending the lovable outsiders to the Baxter Building, where Maximus has convinced them a nuclear attack against the Great Refuge was launched. Mode of transportation? Lockjaw, of course.
After a brief battle where Ben, Johnny and Crystal are subdued, we find out that [...]
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Thursday, May 18th, 2006
Marvel Spectacular #6 [1974]
Thor reprints continue this issue with “The Maddening Menace of the Man-Beast” from THOR #135 [1966]. The battle against the hyper-evolved wolf in Wundagore, the home of the High Evolutionary, continues, with a lot of weird creatures and big battles until Thor finally prevails.
At the end of the story, the High Evolutionary [...]
