#JackedKirby - 13 Days of Halloween, Kirby Style!!! ☠️☠️☠️ Horns for the Mangog.... or not? 😈😈😈 How can we do a bunch of horror themed Kirby posts for Halloween and not mention his greatest monster creation EVER? We can’t... so with no future adieu here is Jack’s most magnificent monstrous creation: The Mangog!!!! 😈😈😈 Making his first appearance in the final pages of Thor #Issue154 from July of 1968, the Mangog is a physics manifestation of a billion souls that all have one thing in common... they all hated Odin and the rest of the Asgardian Gods for destroying them!!!! ☠️☠️☠️ This hatred is what fuels the monster known as Mangog, who was long rumored to be a sign that Ragnarok (the end of days) would be upon the world once he appeared... so when Ulik accidentally releases him he is the first sign that trouble is in the horizon for Thor and his family!!! ☠️☠️☠️ Jack’s design for the Mangog is nothing short of spectacular, with his immense body and giant bull shaped head. His three fingered hands are claw-like and scary as all hell, and his large horse-like mouth with blocky teeth like only Jack could draw!!! When Jack Dre him again for the cover of #Issue155 (August of 1968) (pics 1/2) he didn’t quite get the visage to match his version from the interiors in Issue 154. In the international version of the cover (pics 3/4) you can see a hornless Mangog... missing his eye horns. If you look closely at the pencils in pic 1 you will notice that the international cover was Jack’s original drawing... and the editors in the bullpen did a number on it by adding the eye horns in white some spit and polish (and whiteout!). That look of the Mangog has stuck with the character over the last 50 years and is still present in comics today. 😈😈😈 The Mangog is Jack’s most beautiful monster... a formidable opponent and fierce looking creature in his own right that has stood the test of time!!! 😈😈😈 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #Mangog #Thor #Asgard #TheMightyThor #HorrorComics #Monsters #ComicBookMonsters #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #igcomicfamily #igcomiccommunity #igcomics #JackKirbyHalloween #KirbyCovers #ComicCovers https://www.instagram.com/p/BpcIIxOnmld/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qs1ieb3xmnq8
