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Monthly Archives: December 2006
The Avengers #23 [1965] – Cover
Doesn’t Kang look great on this cover, inked by John Romita in his first job on his return to Marvel? It looks even better in the original version (which you can see here as part of an interview in ALTER EGO, or in the various reprints), before Kang’s outstretched hand was moved for some inexplicable reason.

I always love these symbolic giant menace covers by Kirby. Not just the huge villain but the reactions of the heroes in the foreground.
Published 1965
Posted in Genre, Superhero
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Two-Gun Kid #64 [1963] – Cover
I love the figure of Grizzly Grogan on this cover, a great rough and cruel Kirby villain type that he refined over the years until we got the likes of Kalibak a decade later.

Inks on this cover by Dick Ayers.
Published 1963
Posted in Genre, Western
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Tales to Astonish #63 [1965] – Cover
I think the Hulk is about to get the back of his head whacked by that tunnel. I feel sorry for the tunnel. Meanwhile, Giant-Man and the Wasp make good use of their super-powers and protect a hardware store. And demonstrate some crazy fore-shortening.

Chic Stone inks this cover.
Published 1965
Posted in Genre, Superhero
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Fantastic Four #167 [1976] – Cover
I’m not quite convinced by that perspective and proportion on the Gateway Arch. I’m certain the observation deck there must be more than the four feet tall that it looks like.

But still, the Hulk and the Thing drawn by Kirby and Sinnott, that’s always some fun.
Published 1976
The Avengers #156 [1977] – Cover
That Doom does get around, doesn’t he? The Doom figure is a little small on this cover, but it gets the point across, and the figures of Cap and the Scarlet Witch are really good (and quite the trooper she is, going into battle with Doom with her arm in a sling).

Al Milgrom handles the inks for this cover.
Published 1977
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