#JackedKirby - Happy 95th Birthday Vinnie Boy!!! 💥💥💥 Vincent Joseph Colletta would have been celebrating his 95th birthday today if he were alive. A career in the comic book industry and working side by side with The King of Comics cements Vinnie’s place in the comic pantheon for his contributions in inking, pencilling and never meeting a deadline he couldn’t hit! 💥💥💥 Vinnie began work in comics in 1952 working for Better Comics... but his first attributed artwork alongside the King come in either Kid Colt Outlaw #Issue100 cover (Pic 2, Sept of 1961) or the cover of Love Romances #Issue98 (Pic 3, March of 1962) providing inks for both. He also inked the momentous Fantastic Four #Annual3 (Pic 4/5 from Oct of 1965) which features the wedding of Reed Richards and Sue Storm!!! 💥💥💥 Vinnie and Jack’s most notable collaborations came on Thor. He inked the first Tales of Asgard back up story in Journey Into Mystery #Issue106 (July 1964, Pic 6) and started an almost complete run from Journey Into Mystery #Issue116 (Pic 7/8) May of 1965 until Thor #Issue167 (August of 1969) and Thor #Issue176-179 (Jack’s Final Issue). 💥💥💥 His last hurrah with Jack came on the 4th World Titles, especially the iconic New Gods series (Pic 9). I love the title card from New Gods #Issue1 (March 1971, Pic 10). 💥💥💥 Vinnie faces his fair share of critiques based on his alterations of Jack’s original pencils... but Jack must have liked him & his work or else why would he keep working with him? I particularly love his work on Thor... his 50+ consecutive issues on the run are right up their with Sinnott’s team up with Kirby on FF!!! Happy birthday in heaven Big Vin... hope you and Jack light up a cigar today and celebrate!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #VinnieColletta #VinceColletta #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #igcomicfamily #igcomiccommunity #igcomics #Thor #FF #NewGods https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo-h7XgngYl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14pif0snuq3zd
