#JackedKirby - Now that's what I call a splash page!!! After Jack's second stint at Marvel he forayed a bit in a he independent realm of the comic industry while exploring options in animation. Some of his animation projects got off the ground (Thundarr the Barbarian), but his series Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers is one of the greatest accomplishments of his career (in my opinion). Many people didn't know it at the time, but Jack had some New Gods storylines he wanted to pay off. Considering he was unable to complete his story arcs for DC back in the day, he would have to make some changes to the stories to adapt them to a new series. Many of the elements of the New Gods are present in Captain Victory, including the main villainous group of aliens called the Insectons. They are very reminiscent of the "bug" soldiers commanded by Mantis for Darkseid. This double splash comes from #Issue6 back in August of 1982. The book opens with a traditional splash, there are two regular paneled pages, then this insane double splash. It's even crazier because the double splash takes up the top 3/4 of the page, and the bottom 1/4 is a conversation between Victory and his fellow soldier Orca. So innovative! The top 3/4 shows the Insectons invading a city from below... as would be there style! That main Insecton has a crazy horned mask like only Kirby could design and what looks like a teched out War staff!!! The green armor/skin the have is also very reminiscent of Mantis, henchman of Darkseid! And in the last panel of the page you even get some Kirby Krackle!!!! Yeah buddy... this series is loaded with so many splash pages. It's a worthy read for any real Kirby fans. This post is for @somethingsomethingburtward who requested som Captain Victory! #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #CaptainVictory #captainvictoryandthegalacticrangers #PacificComics #IndyComics #KirbyAliens #Insectons #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #igcomics #igcomicscommunity #IGComicCommunity #ComicsOnIG #ComicsOfIG #ComisOfThe80s #80sComics #SpecialRequest
