#JackedKirby - Introducing... Doubleheader!!!! (Cause ya know... the two heads and all!) 💥💥💥 Having recently acquired the full collected run of Simon & Kirby’s Fighting American I am amazed at how wacky it is. Considering how serious it’s original intention was, imagine my surprise when I turned to #Issue2 (June of 1954) and saw a villain named Doubleheader.... a gangster with two heads attached to one body!!! 💥💥💥 Originally conceived to be a purposeful rip off of their own Star Spangled creation Captain America, Kirby and Simon were mad that Atlas Comics had brought back Cap in a revival run in the 50s. They figured he was truly their creation anyway, so so if they couldn’t work on Cap they would create the EXACT SAME CHARACTER for Prize Comics! That’s how the Fighting American was created... to be Cap’s doppelgänger for the competition!! 💥💥💥 After one serious issue, the series began to spin out of control towards the weird and wacky imaginations of Simon & Kirby! Doubleheader, a dress suit/hat wearing gangster with TWO HEADS, is the epitome of this silliness. Forget about the impracticality of the characters... where could they even shop for shirts that have a double wide neck? And the two headed criminal may be one of the more “grounded” ideas they had during this fantastic series.... check them out and tell us which wacky elements you love the most in the comment section below!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #FightingAmerican #Cap #CaptainAmerica #50sComics #ComicsOfThe50 #PrizeComics #AtlasComics #igcomicbookcommunity #igComics #igcomicbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BrgoXxYhtWP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7hin72upf71z
