Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
The Beginnings of the Newsboy Legion
Star Spangled #9 (June 1942), art by Jack Kirby
Simon and Kirby’s initial work for DC was to revitalize an existing feature called Sandman. In the following month they would debut their own creation, The Newsboy Legion (Star Spangled #7, April 1942). Jim Harper was a rookie cop assigned to patrol Suicide Slum. Further he assumes [...]
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Kirby Five-Oh
One of my biggest treats from the 2008 New York Comic Con was being able to pick up a copy of The Jack Kirby Collector #50, titled “Kirby Five-Oh”. TwoMorrows wanted to make something special for their fiftieth issue of their flagship title and they have succeeded. The Jack Kirby Collector has been an oversized [...]
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
The Wide Angle Scream, Almost an Afterthought
Win A Prize #1 (February 1955) pinup, art by Jack Kirby
Enlarged view
Pinups, both single and double paged, played an important part of Boys’ Ranch (October 1950 to August 1951) but they did not appear at all in Black Magic which also started in October 1950. Nor did they appear in either Strange World of Your [...]
