Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Fantastic Four #76 [1968] - Stranded in Sub-Atomica
As Galactus readies the Earth for his latest meal, the boys of the FF head into Sub-Atomica, home of the Psycho-Man, to convince the Silver Surfer to return. Not knowing their reasons, the Surfer is reluctant since he’s grooving to the cosmic waves of the microscopic universe, and then the FF get attacked by […]
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Friday, February 23rd, 2007
Kid Colt Outlaw #103 [1962] - Cover
Typical day on the range for Kid Colt…
That horse must get so sick of this after a while. Catch train, get shot at, have the Kid jump off at full gallop…
A nice little Kirby/Ayers cover.
Published 1962
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
The Forever People #1 [1971] - In Search of a Dream
This book was the first Kirby wrote and drew on his 1970 return to DC, although it wasn’t published until after a few JIMMY OLSEN issues. The four boys of the Forever People arrive on Earth through a Boom Tube in their Super-Cycle in search of the kidnapped Beautiful Dreamer, almost running some of […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Genre, Superhero by Bob
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
New Kirby - Daredevil Masterworks v4
Also out this week, MARVEL MASTERWORKS - DAREDEVIL v4, mostly containing a run of Gene Colan’s work on DD, but to fill out a crossover also including some Kirby in the form of FANTASTIC FOUR #73.
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
New Kirby - Kamandi Archives v2
KAMANDI ARCHIVES VOL. 2, collecting #11 - #20 of the series, is out this week. All sorts of wonders in here, including Sacker’s Department Store, the secret of the Watergate tapes, robot gangsters and, in “The Hospital”, as much of an explanation as we get of the origin of Earth A.D. (After Disaster). […]
