3 Publishers, 3 Covers (Two-Gun, Secrets, Love)

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A trio of 1950s Kirby covers

I LOVE YOU #7, 1955. Published by Charlton, another of the remnants of Mainline’s collapse (I don’t think Kirby ever worked for Charlton directly, unless the humour stories in FROM HERE TO INSANITY and CRAZY, MAN, CRAZY were done for them. I suspect even those might have done for a Mainline humour book which never launched). This series took over the numbering from IN LOVE. Very strong cover, hinting at an interesting story, but really, you two, do you want to get caught?

HOUSE OF SECRETS #11, 1958. This looks like it might have been intended as a Challengers of the Unknown cover or splash at some point, and for some reason used as a cover here instead. Or perhaps not. Anyway, it’s one of the few DC books of the era he just did the cover for, and I think is a Kirby inked cover. Great image, I especially like the collapsing bridge.

TWO-GUN KID #48, 1959. Kirby’s first cover for the series, long before the re-design of the character. Nice drawings, although the vignettes look keeps it from having the strong central image, and the design is a bit blurb-happy.

3 thoughts on “3 Publishers, 3 Covers (Two-Gun, Secrets, Love)

  1. Anonymous

    Wow! I’ve never seen that
    Two-Gun Kid cover before (and I thought I had them all!). Its nice for even us “old Timers” to be surprised once in a while!

    Nick Caputo

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  2. al gordon

    Great Two Gun Kid cover! I’d love to see a bigger/better/more hi res scan.

    It looks like it’s inked by Joe Manely(?) Kinda hard to tell from the scan.

    ~albabe

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