Archive for November, 2006
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Gunsmoke Western #52 [1959] - Cover
You’d think by 1959 a comic book publisher could have figured out how to put the comics code stamp on a cover without making it look like the book is called GUNSMOKB WESTERN, wouldn’t you?
Anyway, another of Kirby’s covers early on his return to Marvel, featuring two characters he didn’t draw interiors for but drew […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Genre, Western by Bob
Sunday, November 26th, 2006
New Kirby - Westerns and trivial Cap
A couple of minor Kirby releases recently. ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 3 TPB didn’t use Kirby art on the cover as the solicitation suggested but does include the cover to CAPTAIN AMERICA SPECIAL #2, which uses the art from TALES OF SUSPENSE #74. So there’s a trivial entry for a Kirby checklist, a […]
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Friday, November 24th, 2006
Comics Revue #187 [2001]
Two more pages of the final Sunday storyline for Sky Masters on the covers of this issue, from January 17 and 24, 1960, inked by Dick Ayers. Sky is able to demonstrate to Doctor Royer how the yoga techniques he’s learned enable him to slow his metabolism down to almost nothing. However, since […]
No Comments » - Posted in Genre, Science Fiction by Bob
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
Strange Tales #123 [1964] - Cover
This issue has one of the few times that Doctor Strange got equal billing on a STRANGE TALES cover while he was sharing the book with the Human Torch. Of course, the Torch’s star was obviously fading a bit, as the Thing was his permanent co-star for the final year of the last year […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Genre, Superhero by Bob
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Fantastic Four #164 [1975] - Cover
This was Kirby’s first cover for FF on his return after five years at DC, also re-uniting with definitive FF inker Joe Sinnott.
Not really a noteworthy cover otherwise, with a second-string character (the 1950s Marvel Boy, renamed the Crusader here) taking up most of the cover (though he is well drawn, although his powers could […]
