Some great alien creatures on this Kirby/Ditko cover. I especially love the sample from Saturn. Plus the usual crazy Kirby tech over on the ray gun.
(possibly Ayers inks, see comments)
Published 1963
Kid Colt Outlaw #107 [1962] – Cover
Man, that horse looks surprised. You’d think after 107 issues with Kid Colt it would be used to this kind of stuff by now.
Not the best Kirby alien, but I love the details lavished on the space-ship, with the layout giving the image a real 3-D look. Excellent Ayers inking.
Published 1962
Ghost Rider #21 [1976] – Cover
Another of Kirby’s many 1970s covers from various Marvel books, the first of his three GHOST RIDER covers, which marked the transition of the character to more of a super-hero from his horror/fantasy roots. Pretty busy cover, but a nice dynamic pose for the main characters. Al Milgrom inks.
Published 1976
Tales to Astonish #54 [1964] – Cover
Man, Giant-Man had some of the sorriest villains ever. El Toro, with these little tiny horns on his head? Sad.
Still a lot to like on this Kirby/Ayers cover, from Giant-Man’s pose to the details on the various buildings.
Published 1964
The Demon #12 [1973]
Kirby’s riff off Frankenstein continues in “Rebirth of Evil”. First there’s a flashback to Etrigan’s old encounter with the original Baron Von Rakenstein and his creatures years in the past. Great double page spread of the assorted beasties. Back in the modern day, we see that the Demon didn’t quite manage to wipe out the Rakenstein evil, as the modern Baron has inherited his ancestor’s instruments and has Jason Blood prisoner and plans to put his head on the creature’s body.
![The Demon #12 [1973]](http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/kirby/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2005/10/The-Demon-12-1973.jpg)
Fortunately Blood transforms before the cut can be made, and frees the creature, who also has a telepathic link to a psychic girl who Harry and Randu went for help in finding Jason.
Mike Royer inks the cover and 20-page story.
Published 1973
Hi-School Romance #58 [1956] – Cover
Another romance image of the classic design (couple in the foreground, jealous potential rival in the background), this one published by Harvey. Very attractive girl (though maybe redrawn a bit? Or heavily inked?), and there seems to be a bit of young Reed Richards in the face of the guy in the foreground.
Published 1956
Upcoming Kirby – Marvel/DC in January 2006
Posted in Upcoming Kirby.
Quite a few books. Two hardcover MASTERWORKS from Marvel, one the first reprinting the pre-hero fantasy books with the first ten TALES TO ASTONISH. Kirby did eight stories in that run (one never reprinted), totaling 45 pages, plus nine of the ten covers. The third volume for the Hulk picks up on the other end of the TtA run, with Kirby layouts on the first five issues included, plus a few of the covers. And MACHINE MAN #1 is reprinted among a few other stories in another MILESTONES special.
Over at DC, the previously mentioned SHOWCASE PRESENTS: GREEN ARROW reprints all of Kirby’s 1950s GA stories (11 stories, 67 pages) in black and white, and continues into the rest of the silver age solo stories and major crossovers.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES TO ASTONISH VOL. 1
By STAN LEE, JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, JOHN BUSCEMA, AL WILLIAMSON, DON HECK, JOE SINNOTT & FRIENDS
Cover by JACK KIRBY
Marvel Masterworks have brought you classic stories from Marvel’s Silver Age super-hero heyday and the start of it all with its Golden Age. Now thrill to the first offering of Marvel’s Atlas Era! Before the dawn of the Marvel Age, the comics world sat astride the shoulders of Atlas Comics – a world full of gun-fighting outlaws, romantic heartbreak, death-defying heroism in battle, terrifying depths of horror, and visionary science fiction. In TALES TO ASTONISH return to the days when atomic monsters roamed the Earth and alien invasions were a daily occurrence. Marvel’s classic creators will make you quake at the sight of the 9th Wonder of the World! You’ll tremble before the Things on Easter Island! Beware the might of Mummex-King of the Mummies! Flee before the Giant from Outer Space! Dare defy the Floating Head! Prepare to be Astonished! Collects TALES TO ASTONISH #1-10 (1959-1960).
272 PGS. / $49.99
ISBN: 0-7851-1889-6MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INCREDIBLE HULK VOL. 3
Written by STAN LEE & GARY FRIEDRICH
Penciled by JACK KIRBY, BILL EVERETT, JOHN BUSCEMA, GIL KANE & MARIE SEVERIN
Cover by MARIE SEVERIN
Brace yourself, True Believer, Hulk is smashing his way into another marvelous monster-sized Masterworks! The batty bullpen declareth that you’d better hide behind a Hulk-Buster because it’s not a happy Hulk who faces off against the likes of bombastic Boomerang, the android Hulk-Killer and the one and only Abomination in his classic first appearance by Stan “The Man” and Gil Kane! That’s only the warm up, though! The cosmos itself shudders when the strongest man-like being in the Marvel U. goes toe-to-toe with the Silver Surfer, Prince Namor and the Mighty Thor himself!
Grab a crash helmet, bunker down and prepare yourself to be Hulk-inued this January!
Collecting TALES TO ASTONISH #80-101 and INCREDIBLE HULK (Vol. 2) #102
288 PGS. / $49.99
ISBN: 0-7851-2032-7
MARVEL MILESTONES SPECIAL: BLOODSTONE, X-51 & CAPTAIN MARVEL II
Written by JOHN WARNER, DAN ABNETT, ANDY LANNING, JACK KIRBY & ROGER STERN
Penciled by MIKE VOSBURG, PAT BOYETTE, MICHAEL LOPEZ, JACK KIRBY & JOHN ROMITA JR.
Cover by GIL KANE
He has lived for untold centuries, but today is the day he may die! It’s the fear-fraught first appearance of Ulysses Bloodstone from MARVEL PRESENTS #1 (October 1975). And proving that Bloodstone runs thicker than water, his daughter, Elsa, inherits the family business in BLOODSTONE #1 (December 2001). Plus: They made him in their own image, then condemned him to death for being too human! Machine Man, the Living Robot-hunted, hounded-fights to survive in a hostile world in MACHINE MAN #1 (April 1978). And finally, who’s that lady? Presenting the exciting origin of the all-new, all-different, all-terrific Captain Marvel from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #16 (1982).
104 PGS. $4.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: GREEN ARROW VOL. 1 TP
Written by Jack Miller, Ed Herron, Gardner Fox and Bob Haney
Art by Jack Kirby, George Papp, Mike Sekowsky and Neal Adams
Cover by Lee Elias & Jerry Ordway
The Emerald Archer’s Silver Age adventures get the spotlight! This volume reprints stories from ADVENTURE COMICS #250-266, 268-269, THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #50, 71, 85, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #4, and WORLD’S FINEST #95-140. Along with his sidekick Speedy, see Green Arrow take on all manner of crime in Star City!
On sale Jan 18 – 528 pg, B&W, $16.99 US
Kid Colt Outlaw #100 [1961] – Cover
WARROO!!!!!
Wow, this is a busy cover. Lots of captions, balloons and figures. Very well rendered, though. That kind of greyscale knockout colouring often used on secondary characters in covers of the era shows off the linework pretty well.
Inked by Dick Ayers (the original Kirby Checklist listed it as Ditko, and I was about to say that sounded wrong, but checked the update in TJKC #32 and saw it was already corrected there, and on the online listing).
Published 1961
Thor #163 [1969]
In “Where Dwell the Demons” Thor, while searching for Sif in New York, comes across the time funnel surrounding the Atomic Research Center where she vanished. He’s drawn into it as well, where he finds himself battling trollish mutates in a cataclysmic future.
![Thor #163 [1969]](http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/kirby/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2005/10/Thor-163-1969.jpg)
After freeing Sif, he finds out that all a part of a scheme of old nemesis Pluto, while inside the Center a mysterious being in a cocoon awakes. And setting up future stories in Asgard, Odin is still curious about the origin of Galactus.
Fun stuff, I thought the splash pages in this one were especially well done, including the one of the ruined future landscape.
Colletta inks the cover and 20-page story.
Published 1969
–Link– 1964 MMMS Record
Posted in Links.
Mark Evanier is talking about old comic company fan clubs, in this post about the Merry Marvel Marching Society records of the 1960s, including a short bit of an interview with Kirby about the record which featured the Marvel Bullpen of 1964 and a link to mp3 format files of the two MMMS records.