Monthly Archives: December 2007

That Orin sure does seem oblivious to the feelings of his future wife towards his mother. Well, what do you expect in a story called “Mama’s Boy”.

from Real Love [1988]
(reprinting Young Romance #10[v2n4] [1949])

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Ah, Kirby machinery in the form of the “Stimulus Hat”, complete with Kirby’s iconoclastic use of quotation marks, generating dots of energy, doesn’t get any better than that.

from Jack Kirby’s Forever People [1999]
(reprinting The Forever People #8 [1972])

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A great little image from a cinematic sequence in “Titan, the Amphibian from Atlantis”, with the rather unusual instance of Russ Heath inking over Kirby.

from Monster Masterworks [1989]
(reprinting Tales of Suspense #28 [1962])

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That Fury sure knew how to inspire the troops, didn’t he?

from Marvel Masterworks: Sgt. Fury #1 [2006]
(reprinting Sgt. Fury #5 [1964])

I finally figured that no black and white ESSENTIAL of the series is imminent, so I picked up this version. A few of the stories are new to me, and a lot of fun. I also like the George Roussos more than I do his FF issues, although still prefer Ayers on both.

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Man, Tiny is one of the greatest one-shot characters Kirby ever created. Such an oddly affecting tragic tale. As Kamandi notes, “Even the ancients, with the imaginative movies, couldn’t have produced anything like this!”

from Kamandi Archives #1 [2005]
(reprinting Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth! #7 [1973])

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