Monthly Archives: May 2007

Sgt. Fury #20 [1965] – Cover

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Bob

Frantic little war cover from Kirby and Frank Giacoia, featuring the Howlers once again going against their Nazi counterparts, the Blitz Squad. The situations those boys get into…

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Published 1965

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Two-Gun Kid #63 [1963] – Cover

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Bob

After drawing the stories for the first few issues of new new version of the Two-Gun Kid, Kirby went to just covers for the series with this issue, along with his most frequent western inker at Marvel, Dick Ayers. This is a pretty effective example of the sometimes tricky use of panel art to tell a mini-story on a cover.

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Published 1963

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Tales to Astonish #58 [1964] – Cover

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Bob

Jack Kirby and Sol Brodsky provide the cover to this issue of ASTONISH, another Giant-Man adventure. Great sense of scale on this one, and I always like Brodsky’s linework.

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Published 1964

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Thor #241 [1975] – Cover

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Bob

This cover was Kirby’s return to Thor after five years, and he definitely came back swinging, if you’ll pardon the pun. I wonder if he’d been watching some old Harryhausen movies prior to drawing this?

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Disagreement on sources as to the inker here. Kirby Checklist has Mike Esposito, and the GCD, via frequent commenter Nick, has Frank Giacoia. I’m leaning towards Giacoia. Are there any indisputable Esposito inks on 1970s Kirby to compare?

Published 1975

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Upcoming Kirby – KIRBY COLLECTOR #49

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Bob

And, just as one issue comes out, the next is scheduled. Looks like another winner. Wonder what they have planned for #50…

jackkirby49.jpgTHE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #49

Strap on your armor for JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR 49, as we spotlight Kirby’s WARRIORS, such as Thor, Sgt. Fury, Challengers of the Unknown, the Losers, and others! Included is a rare Kirby interview (where Jack conveys the real-life horrors he went through on the battlefields of World War II), a new interview with JERRY ORDWAY, MARK EVANIER’s regular column, a look at hidden messages in BILL EVERETT’s Thor inks, an interview with Seven Soldiers writer GRANT MORRISON on his Kirby-inspired work, Kirby pencil art galleries, a complete 1950s Kirby story, an amazing Kirby wraparound Thor cover inked by JERRY ORDWAY, and more. Edited by John MORROW.

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