Archive for May, 2007
Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Jack Kirby’s Austere Inking, Chapter 7, DC
Atlas may have started to use Kirby’s freelance work first but it was DC that published the majority of Jack’s art from this period. Part of the reason for this imbalance is due to Atlas undergoing the episode now call the Implosion. Although Atlas only stopped actual publication for a few months, a lot of [...]
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
True Love Problems and Advice #42 Cover
The Jack Kirby Blog has recently posted a scan of the cover to True Love Problems and Advice #42 (November 1956). I would like to think Bob was inspired by my recent serial post (Jack Kirby’s Austere Inking). A little over a week ago I did a chapter on Kirby’s Harvey work which included romance [...]
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Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Strange Tale Indeed, The Ending Revealed
I am always unsure how to handle how much to reveal in my Feature Story posts. I have received a request to provide the end of “Poker Face”. So I have decided to provide the ending as a comment to this post.
SPOILER ALERT: Do not click on comments if you do not want to know [...]
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Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Strange Tale Indeed
Strange Tales of the Unusual #7 (December 1956) “Poker Face” page 1 pencils by Jack Kirby
A giant alien arrives in an odd cylindrical spaceship. Without any attempt to hide, he makes visits all over the world. People’s responses vary, the Russians fire with all their available weapons, most citizens of Indian hide in the bushes [...]
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Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Jack Kirby’s Austere Inking, Chapter 6, Atlas
Towards the end of 1956 (I am using comic book cover dates throughout this serial post) Jack Kirby began to do freelance work for Atlas and DC. This did not mean the end of Simon and Kirby productions but their working relationship must have changed. Although Joe Simon took part in presenting the Challengers of [...]
