The Avengers #13 [1965] – Cover by Bob Posted September 13, 2005 in Genre, Superhero. That’s a great absurd looking Kirby weapon of doom on that cover, and some really nice Chic Stone inking. I also like the colouring effect of the green rays Published 1965 Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
Anonymous September 14, 2005 at 9:12 am “Weapon?” isn’t that a moog synthezizer? I wonder when that was invented and if Kirby saw something in a magazine and transformed it into a weapon? Every time I see this cover I think of 60s Rock Groups like Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Nick Caputo Reply ↓
bob September 14, 2005 at 6:04 pm Dave, the issue ends with the Wasp having been shot and apparently dying (so the next issue is spent saving her). Reply ↓
BTW, what was in the final panel we’ll all “gasp at”?
“Weapon?” isn’t that a moog synthezizer? I wonder when that was invented and if Kirby saw something in a magazine and transformed it into a weapon?
Every time I see this cover I think of 60s Rock Groups like Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
Nick Caputo
Dave, the issue ends with the Wasp having been shot and apparently dying (so the next issue is spent saving her).