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#JackedKirby - Collaging With The King!!! One of the coolest parts of the 1960s Marvel series that Jack and Stan worked on has to be the introduction of the annual... an extra doubles sized issue put out every year to maximize sales and tell additional stories (while also reprinting older ones to increase the page count!). Some of the best stories/characters were introduced in these annuals... and one of the best is Fantastic Four #Annual6 !!! Published in November of 1968, the story of this annual deals with the complications Sue Richards has during childbirth. Reed, Johnny and Ben must travel to the Negative Zone in order to retrieve something to aid in the birth... but they accidentally take that item from Annihilus, the warlord like ruler of the Negative Zone!!! While the book is loaded with important first appearances and the eventual birth of Franklin Richards, one of the coolest things included in the book are the fantastic collages that Jack worked into the book (Pic 1). Including both practical pencil art and photographic imagery, these collages are amazing considering the limited printing technology that existed in 1968. But check out the awesome pencil art WITHOUT the photographic background (pic 2). It really makes you appreciate the craftsmanship of the finished double page spread that was in the final book.... and it’s even more apparent when you see the close ups of each page in pics 3/4 of this post! Once again, Jack was way ahead of his time... the once and true King! #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #FF #FantasticFour #Annihilus #NegativeZone #Annuals #MarvelAnnuals #60sComics #ComicsOfThe60s #Comic #Comics #ComicBooks #ComicBook #KirbyCollages #Collages #FranklinRichards #IGComics #ComicsOfIG https://www.instagram.com/p/CDL9TQrhVww/?igshid=1p7nptoajzszn

#JackedKirby - The Haste of Dr Doom... 💥💥💥 One of my favorite things about 60s Marvel comic series are the annuals.... these oversized 64 page monsters are not only stuffed with classic reprinted stories and awesome supplemental material, they often had great storylines that would set the course of Marvel history for years to come. They usually care out around midsummer, with a September cover date... 💥💥💥 One of my faves of the old annuals is Fantastic Four #Annual2 which has a cover date of September 1964... which means it was probably on newsstands by the last week of July/1st week of August. 💥💥💥 It tells the awesome origins story of One of Marvel’s greatest villains, Dr Victor Von Doom. We finally get some back story on what made Doom the way he was in the pages of the early FF, not to mention an origin of his armor and of course his trademark mask! 💥💥💥 Pics 1 and 2 of this post portray the page when the sacred monks in the mountains of Tibet give Doom the armor they have fashioned for him... but it’s the series of panels in the middle that always jumps out at me! Here (pics 3/4) Doom quickly presses the still BURNING HOT mask to his face, fusing it to the flesh... the reasoning of course being that Doom was badly scarred in an early accident and is ashamed of his face. But in later ret-cons if this incident we find out that Doom only had a minor blemish after the lab accident and didn’t need to permanently cover his scarred face... his own avarice and pride made him do it! Either way, adding a hot metal mask to you face (scarred or not) is some death metal style behavior!!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #DrDoom #FF #FantasticFour #Annual #60Comics #ComicsOfThe60s #Comics #Comic #ComicBooks #ComicBook #IGComics #ComicsOfIG #MaskOfDoom #VictorVonDoom https://www.instagram.com/p/CBeXi8EhmeM/?igshid=8q5ppemv796c

#JackedKirby - For Little B! 💥💥💥 I am taking a moment to post a Kirby Hulk for a special little boy, my friends son Little B Hanley! He requested a Hulk image... and he is 4... so he gets what he wants! 💥💥💥 I decided on the opening splash page of Incredible Hulk #Issue1 from May of 1962. I did so because this is the way Kirby intended the Hulk to look initially. This is his FIRST APPEARANCE, and first time we see him on the page... and the Frankenstein resemblance as well as the Grey color stand out!!! It also sports a cool Kirby autograph in between his legs, a typical spot for autographs in comics back in the day (no one got the covers signed!) 💥💥💥 I hope Little B enjoys this pic, and I hope he is surprised to see a Grey Hulk because he is used to seeing a green one. That’s what we want to do here at JK... educate and inform comic fans, old and young! 💥💥💥 @bochbottherobot yours is up next! #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #TheHulk #TheIncredibleHulk #60sComics #ComicsOfThe60s #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #OriginalHulk #GreyHulk #FirstAppearance #LilB #Shoutouts #Requests #FavoriteComicCharacter #IGComics #ComicsOfIG https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBJeOaBKwF/?igshid=1012js04ezplv

#JackedKirby - Thor the Weary... One of the things I always loved about Jack’s superhero comics was that he was never above showing them weakened, vulnerable or hurt. As mighty and heroic as these characters are, Jack never had any problem having them take their lumps... after all, these bad guys are pretty bad ass too!!! It’s not uncommon for a superhero to face some sort of adversity and be down at some point in the middle of a battle... but not many people would START a boom with the hero battered and about to lose his powers. After battling the Rock Trolls in #Issue138 and losing his hammer, Thor and Sif are transported to NY where this issue begins. #Issue139 (published April of ‘67) deals with Thor being pretty much physically beaten down... he needs his magical hammer back, and if he doesn’t get it he may be trapped as crippled doctor Donald Blake FOREVER! An added bonus, we get a really cool Sif full body page alongside Thor to open the book. Kirby’s woman are always high points in the story for me since they are usually so powerful and carry themselves with such a warriors way. This is no exception!! Sif is the true hero of this story, because without her saving Thor’s butt and returning him to Asgard he would never be able to reclaim his hammer from Ulik!!! #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #Thor #TheMightyThor #Sif #LadySif #Asgard #Asgardians #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #60sComics #ComicsOfThe60s #IGComics #ComicsOfIG #KirbySplashPages #SplashPage https://www.instagram.com/p/CDgj9AahMuJ/?igshid=4uhrncjas72z

#JackedKirby - Thor vs Magneto.... KIRBY STYLE!!! 🧲🔨🧲🔨 This is a cover that I have never actually seen before from an issue I have never actually READ before... and I’m worse off for it. Cause this is simply amazing!!!! 🔨🧲🔨🧲 What a genius idea... pitting the Master of Magnetism vs the God of Thunder (and his metal hammer). Genius!!! And it came at a time (October of 1964) when a villain wasn’t pigeonholed into fighting one hero or team. 🧲🔨🧲🔨 This cover came from Journey Into Mystery #Issue109 and was towards the end of the Journey Into Mystery run... the series became The Mighty Thor soon after. The battle between these two is epic... i will be posting some interior shots in a future post soon!!! 🧲🔨🧲🔨 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #Thor #TheMightyThor #Magneto #60sComics #ComicsOfThe60s #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #Marvel #IGComics #ComicsOfIG https://www.instagram.com/p/B7JQLz8hNkN/?igshid=1arh9gqy14f4p

#JackedKirby - Beware the (Captain) Barracuda!!! 💥💥💥 When I was doing some research into the Strange Tales series I found an interesting tidbit. Jack was banging out the covers for the series through 1963/64 but wasn’t really doing any pencils. The primary players in the book at that time were Human Torch & Dr Strange, with pencils for the Torch stories being done by various artists (mostly Ayers) and Ditko doing the Dr Strange stories. But Jolly Jack was still responsible for those dynamic covers... up until #Issue120 (published in May of 1964). 💥💥💥 What makes #Issue120 different is the fact that Jack DID do the pencils for the Torch story... and that is probably because of the guest star, Iceman! The relatively newish character of had only been recently introduced in X-Men #issue1 from Sept of 1963... only 4 issues of that series had been published since it was bi-monthly. So if you are going to have a guest star in the book, might as well go to the characters primary artist... right? 💥💥💥 Torch and Iceman go up against a modern day pirate by the name of Captain Barracuda... both of them trying to enjoy a nice day off on a day cruise! They use their dueling ice/heat powers to defeat the pirate, but I really loved the character design and idea of a modern day band of pirates boarding ships looking for booty!!! 💥💥💥 Like many of Jack’s disposable new characters that he seemingly created every month, Barracuda would pop up again numerous times over the years in other Marvel books. He battled Submariner and The FF... but this was where it all started! 💥💥💥 The following month Jack went back to just covers on the title and Ayers took back over pencils... maybe Ayers needed a break, so Jolly Jack jumped in with the pinch hit assist. Who knows... but if he hadn’t we would never have Captain Barracuda, Terror of the NYC Seas!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #StrangeTales #HumanTorch #Iceman #CaptainBarracuda #Barracuda #60sComics #ComicsOfThe60s #Comic #Comics #ComicBooks #ComicBook #IGcomics #ComicsOfIG #KirbyPencils #FirstAppearances #Pirates #MarvelComics #XMen https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ckNt6h6XX/?igshid=yq7cheddjf9c

#JackedKirby - The Origin of Sore, Son of Shmodin!!! 💥💥💥 With the recent passing of legendary MAD Magazine artist Mort Drucker last week I picked up my copy of Not Brand Echh!!! to see some of Marvel’s copycat funny book work. #Issue3 of the series is one of the best since it features the “origin” stories of Charlie America, The Indelible Bulk and Sore, Son of Shmodin! (Cap, Hulk and Thor) 💥💥💥 The issue came out in October of 1967 and Marvel thought it would be smart to jump on the “parody/humor” magazine bandwagon by making fun of their own characters... and this turned into a passion project for some of the best and brightest of Marvel’s Bullpen. Marie Severin was a large contributor, along with Roy “The Boy” Thomas, Gene “The Dean” Colan alongside Stan and Jack to bring the series to fruition. So this issue decided to profile the parody origins of three of Marvels three biggest heroes. 💥💥💥 Jack did the pencil art for the Sore, Son of Shmodin story in the book. He opened with a classic Kirby Splash of Sore and his evil nemesis Hokey! Classic Jack artwork making fun of his own Asgardian creations... hysterical!!!! To me this is the best story of the issue... but they are all great! 💥💥💥 Side note - The cover to this issue, done by Marie Severin, was the cover chosen for the collected version of this series that was a recently released! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #Sore #SoreSonOfShmodin #NotBrandEchh #Marvel #ParodyMagazine #Humor #ComicsOfThe60s #60sComics #IGComics #ComicsOfIG #ComicBook #Comic #ComjcBooks #Comics https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Dw6uiBTF-/?igshid=eqed289116gw

#JackedKirby - Iron Man vs Titanium Man, Kirby Style!!! 💥💥💥 I really love the way Kirby drew Iron Man when he got the chance... he isn’t the best or most well known Iron Man artist (Heck or Milgrom probably get that nod) but he did a bunch of Iron Man covers for the split book Tales of Suspense that featured both Cap and Iron Man stories. This is #Issue71 of Tales of Suspense, published in November of 1965. 💥💥💥 Like most of the anthology books Jack did work on in the early 60s he would often pencil one of the features but also pull double duty and do the cover... even if it didn’t correspond to the interior story he penciled. This is the case here. He laid out the Cap story, which was penciled by George Tuska. The Iron Man story interiors were done by Heck... but Jack got the nod for the cover! 💥💥💥 Another reason I love this cover is because it was inked by the great Wally Wood. I love Wood inking Kirby... two classic Marvel artists working together always does it for me!!! 💥💥💥 #Kirby #KingKirby #JackKirby #IronMan #TalesOfSuspense #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #60sComics #ComicsOfThe60s #IGComics #ComicsOfIG #TitaniumMan #WallyWood #DonHeck #TonyStark #Cap #CaptainAmerica https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VBmPGhOHC/?igshid=175iidzvjlwec