#JackedKirby - Volstagg vs Fafnir... 💥💥💥 While the Thor monthly comic series was LOADED with amazing storylines and characters, the real star of the show was the back up “Tales of Asgard” stories contained towards the end of the books! The purpose for them to exist is to tell these snapshot “short story” flashbacks about Thor and then Gang when they were younger... setting up the mythology and backstory of the Asgardian world and everyone in it! 💥💥💥 Considering how short these “Tales of Asgard” usually were, they often got right to the point and ended on a cliffhanger. This was definitely the case on #Issue134 (published November of 1966). 💥💥💥 Thor and his buddies The Warriors 3 travel to the cursed land of Nastrond in search of the Dragon King, Fafnir! When the group falls asleep, Volstagg wanders off and finds him... in all his dragon/lizard man glory!!! 💥💥💥 I’ve included not the original 4 color page with the old school coloring (pic 1) and the omnibus version with its slick new digitally colored page (pic 2). Which one do you like better? Tell us on the comments below!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #TalesOfAsgard #Thor #Fafnir #DragonKing #WarriorsThree #Asgard #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #Comicbooks #60sComics #ComicsOfThe60s #IGComics #ComicsOfIG https://www.instagram.com/p/B_jCMPThze0/?igshid=7ul453craowq

#JackedKirby - The People Breeders! 💥💥💥 While Kirby’s most celebrate contributions to the Marvel Universe may be Cap & The FF, to me Thor should be higher up on the importance list. His seminal run on Journey Into Mystery & The Mighty Thor is almost as long as the famous FF run, and he creat d an equal amount of supporting players for the Marvel Universe in that series too... 💥💥💥 #Issue134 was published in November of 1966 and follows Thor’s Big battle with Ego the Living Planet. Thor helps free the Rigellian’s from Ego’s control and begins to travel back towards earth with them... but they encounter Galactus! They also battle the High Evolutionary, The Man-Beast and Scarlet Witch/Quicksilver I’m leave from the Avengers!!! 💥💥💥 This opening splash shows Thor and one of Rigellians doing a Space walk prior to meeting up with Galactus... it is a classic “Thor holding Mjolinir” pose and since its set in outer space it lets Kirby flex his cosmic muscle a bit on the backdrop! I love his use of Kirby Krackle as the stars and sky of Space... and the purple/blue colors make the space local even more believable. I also love Colleta’s inks on Thor.... not many people care for his work, but I think this may be his best work while paired with Kirby. This beautiful splash is a match made it heaven as far as I’m concerned!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #Thor #Asgard #TheMightyThor #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #KirbySplashPage #SplashPage #VinceColleta #KirbyAndColetta #60sComics #ComicsOfthe60s #igcomicfamily #igcomiccommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/BocnjdjnR2X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xj7u564s80ja

#JackedKirby - First I gotta fight a planet... now this guy? 💥💥💥 The Mighty Thor certainly had his work cut out for him over the later months of 1966 when it came to who he was battling... First he battled Ego the Living Planet and then he had to fight off the Devourer of Worlds himself... GALACTUS!!! 💥💥💥 This is #Issue134 of The Mighty Thor which was published in November of 1966. On his way home from the Black Galaxy and bringing peace of mind to the residents of Rigel, Thor crosses path with the deadly Galactus. 💥💥💥 What’s really crazy is this insane splash and feature of a key villain is a throw away plot point... it has nothing to do with the rest of this issue nor the coming issues! Thor and the Rigelians don’t battle Galactus here... as a matter of fact we get a completely different storyline and no mention of the character again in this issue!! 💥💥💥 A few years later Jack and Stan would bring back the Purple Planet Eater in the pages of Thor (issues 166-68) where they would fill in details about his backstory and other key points about the fan favorite. People were clamoring for more Galactus after FF issues 48-50... Maybe Jack included him here just to quell that hunger from the crowd and bide his time while he worked out his storyline? One thing is for certain... for a throw away page, that had no relation to the story, this is EPIC! A beautiful 3/4 profile of the majestic Galactus set against the backdrop of space... with some awesome Kirby tech for good measure!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KirbyKrackle #Kirby #KingKirby #Galactus #Thor #TheMightyThor #KirbySplashPage ##SplashPage #Comic #Comics #Comicbook #ComicBooks #60sComics #comicsofthe60s #igcomiccommunity #igcomics #comicsofig #gueststar #cameo