It is time to celebrate Jack Kirby’s birthday again. I can think of no better way to honor Jack than to provide some examples of his art. This time using original art. Enjoy!
Champ #20 (July 1942)
Headline #25 (July 1947)
Police Trap #2 (November 1954)
In Love #3 (January 1955)
Win A Prize #1 (February 1955)
Western Tales #31 (October 1955)
Warfront #28 (January 1956)
Western Tales #32 (March 1956)
True Bride To Be #19 (August 1956)
Black Cat Mystic #58 (September 1956)
First Love #70 (November 1956)
Alarming Tales #3 (March 1958) (unpublished version)
Sandman #1 (Winter 1974) (unpublished version)
Captain America #197 (May 1976)
Who did the inks on the unpublished Sandman cover?
Joe Simon. DC rejected it because of all the “hay”.
I believe the Sandman cover was inked by Joe Simon himself. It’s been published somewhere before, but I can’t recall exactly where. Judging from the areas of pencil that are still uninked (in the lower right-hand corner and elsewhere) I’d say it was probably light-boxed by Joe at some point, while the original was given to Frank Giacoia for inking.
That’s just a guess, though. Any other thoughts out there?
Another question. Who did the lettering on that splash from Black Cat Mystic #58? It looks a lot like Howard Ferguson’s work, but wasn’t he long since deceased by ’56? Could it have been…his ghost?