#kirbysplashpages

#JackedKirby - A Wizard and his Demon... 💥💥💥 Everyone who follows the page knows I am a HUGE fan of The Demon series... but the more I read it, the more I find more gems.... like this beauty opening splash page from #Issue5 of the series (January of 1973). 💥💥💥 We get this BEAUTIFUL shot of Etrigan, in strike pose ready to pounce, flanked by his master... The Wizard Merlin has never looked so cool!!! Look at the detail in his hooded cloak... it’s phenomenal! 💥💥💥 This series is loaded with amazing images and slash pages (so many splash pages!!!) but this has to be one of my faves... I’m sad I’ve never posted it before!!!! 😔 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #TheDemon #Etrigan #Merlin #DC #DCComics #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #70sComics #ComicsOfThe70s #SplashPages #KirbySplashPages #swordsandsorcery #medieval #IGComics #ComicsofIG https://www.instagram.com/p/CB17HyghDiD/?igshid=1g9i47jvjkbwp

#JackedKirby - An Explosion at Castle Rakenstein!!! 💥💥💥 The Demon is one of our personal favorite Kirby series here at Jacked Kirby, and one of the definitive reasons we love it so much is the abundance of splash pages that Kirby incorporated into the run... especially the TWO PAGE beauties that litter the 18 issues of the series. Never one to waste one inch of space, Kirby was notorious for squeezing maximum potential out of every inch of layout, especially in these two page monstrosities! 💥💥💥 Take this double splash that comes right after the opening splash page of #Issue13 (published Oct of 1973). Three consecutive splash pages to open an issue... and the amount of action and mayhem Kirby managed to squeeze into this double page is off the charts. We see Dr Rakenstein and his evil assistant Igor reeling from the explosions erupting in his lab around them... debris and equipment flying through the air, skeletons and lab samples scattered through the flames! And Etrigan is right there, taking it all in and trying to apprehend his nemesis! (Pic 1). 💥💥💥 Pics 2/3 of this post are close ups of each half of the dual page spread... you gotta love the signature Kirby HANDS on Dr Rakenstein (pic 2) and the wonderful use of “Kirby Krackle” to accentuate the flames around Igor from the explosions (pic 3). The craziest part about this spread has to be that The Demon himself is flying dynamically through the air in a death-defying move and yet he is one of the most underwhelming figure in the whole spread!!! (This pic of Etrigan IS AWESOME... it just pales in comparison to the rest of it!) 💥💥💥 This is the series we discussed in Episode 65 of The Jacked Kirby Podcast as well as one of the series that Steve “the Dude” Rude pointed out of his inspiration to pursue a career drawing comics in Episode 70 of the the Jacked Kirby Podcast... listen to them both by clicking the link in our BIO!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #TheDemon #Etrigan #DrRakenstein #Igor #SplashPages #KirbySplashPages #DoubleSplashPages #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #IGComics #ComicsOfIG #TheJackedKirbyPodcast #SteveRude #70sComics #ComicsOfThe70s #DC #DCComics https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Vf0lrhxxG/?igshid=6q4ppn3qssc0

#JackedKirby - The Evil Ones!!! 💀💀💀 I am a big fan of the Kamandi run Jack completed at DC. Not only is it his longest stint for the company, but it is loaded with amazing visuals and great storytelling all from The King by himself! 💀💀💀 I was looking through #Issue24 of the series (December of 1974) and found this awesome interior splash page to post. I love when Kirby broke his series/comics into “chapters”. Not only did it compartmentalize the elements of the story, but if allowed Kirby more opportunities to complete SPLASH PAGES! 💀💀💀 This issue deals with a death cult, an evil Curse, a house of dangerous outcomes and a host of awesome looking characters! On this page Jack ties all of these elements together and presents them in beautiful harmony!!! I included the original inks (pic 1) and the recolored image from the recent omnibus release (pic 2) for various ways to digest the work. I prefer the older newsprint coloring, but the color image here shows just how much is really going on in this page!!! 💀💀💀 This post goes out to @jeffgarlin who dropped in on our page to share his love for Kirby... can’t wait to get you on the podcast to discuss all things Kirby sir!!!! 💀💀💀 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #EvilOnes #Kamandi #KirbySplashPages #SplashPages #Comic #comics #comicbook #comicbooks #70sComics #ComicsofThe70s #DC #KirbyDC #IGComics #ComicsOfIG https://www.instagram.com/p/B90PXf4hzZg/?igshid=5phzlh9n64ku

#JackedKirby - The Fall of Camelot... Kirby Style! 🛡🛡🛡 Now this is the way you open up a comic book series... KIRBY STYLE!!! Here are the opening 3 pages of The Demon from August of 1972... a series that kind gave came out of nowhere and was the direct follow up to his cancelled 4th World titles. DC has told Kirby they wanted a “horror” title. Boy did he deliver... 🛡🛡🛡 The story opens with the wizard Merlin looking out a window at great destruction and chaos. He clutches the Eternity Book... and he looks very concerned (Pic 1). That’s because the forces of Morgan La Fey are marching on Camelot... and it may not last the night! 🛡🛡🛡 The following two page splash is as stunning a spread as Kirby ever created... a two page battlefield layout that is loaded with more action and detail than most comic creators could convey in a whole issue! (Pic 2 is the double splash, Pic 3 and 4 are close ups of each page). 🛡🛡🛡 I love how the helmets and armor of the soldiers look both ancient and futuristic at the same time... and the impossible angles that the action takes place at! Pure chaos... and the best part has to be the extreme Kirby Krackle present throughout the spread! This is why Kirby the creator is so great... he sets a wonderful stage for what I like to think is his most complete work during his tenure at DC in the 70s! 🛡🛡🛡 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #TheDemon #Merlin #Camelot #KingArthur #DCcomics #kirbysplashpages #SplashPages #Comic #comics #comicbook #comicbooks #igcomics #comicsofig #70sComics #ComicsOfThe70s https://www.instagram.com/p/BzTLuZvh5le/?igshid=v9myu7r7d3k9

#JackedKirby - The Dinosaurs of the Valley of the Flame!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Jack’s most famous dinosaur creation has to be the Big Red Machine, Devil Dinosaur.... but he did a plethora of single and double page splashes throughout the late 70s series featuring all types of dinosaurs in the Valley of the Flame!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Pic 1 and 2 of this post come from #Issue1 of the series (April of 1978) and Pic 3 comes from #Issue3 (June of 1978). All three images are FILLED from top to bottom, side to side with giant dinosaurs in various shapes and colors... it looks like the Museum of Natural History came to life on the printing presses of Marvel in 1978!!! 🔥🔥🔥 This post is to honor the request of one of our coolest followers, @lady.cult !!! She runs that page as well as @retro.cult and both are chock full of absolute nerdy awesomeness... plus she always shows us a lotta love and she said Devil was her favorite Kirby creation!!! Show her some love and tell her the Jacked Kirby boys sent ya!!! 🔥🔥🔥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #DevilDinosaur #Dinosaurs #KirbyDinosaurs #70sComics #ComicsOfThe70s #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #KirbySplashPages #SplashPages #IGComics #ComicsOfIG #ComicsOfInstagram #INstaComics https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv13HbRBWGC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fdik3smsg8sg

#JackedKirby - Go Go Gadget Eyes!!! 👀👀👀 The Machine Man character and series is one of Jack’s most underrated and overlooked projects upon his return to Marvel in 1975... the imagery is amazing and the storylines are fantastic. Some of Kirby’s best combination art/writing work that he has ever done (right up there with the Demon!). It’s beautiful... 👀👀👀 Take this awesome opening splash and follow up 2 panel space scape that open #Issue6 of the series (published September of 1978). The titular character, Machine Man, is using a never before seen power of telescoping eyes (Pic 1) to preview an incoming alien invasion from Outer Space!!! When we get to Pic 2 we see what Machine Man sees... a beautiful space scape with stars, planets and invading Autocron warships!!!! 👀👀👀 Gotta love the telescoping lens aspect of this pic... not an idea that was probably prevalent before ‘78, but the look certainly has the “night vision” goggles of modern warfare technology (think Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs). Add this to the list of many mechanical features Machine Man sports And we’re clearly copycatted by 80s cartoon sensation Inspector Gadget... Another amazing technological innovation applied to the page by The King!!! 👀👀👀 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #MachineMan #InspectorGadget #Eyes #KirbyEyes #Marvel #70sComics #ComicsOfThe70s #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #IGcomics #ComicsOfIG #KirbySplashPages #KirbySplash #KirbyOuterSpace https://www.instagram.com/p/BxATwjfB561/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ddwaiuuwzsxx

#JackedKirby - The Giant Galactic Eye... 👁👁👁 Check out this massive space-scape from Jack on one of his last full series, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers! What an insanely beautiful cosmic picture from the King... hard to believe that THIS is what people criticize as “Kirby being in decline!!!” 👁👁👁 This awesome double splash page comes from Captain Victory #Issue7 from September of 1982. We see Captain Victory and his fleet stumble upon this massive face in outer space... the Giant Galactic Eye!!! 👁👁👁 If this is how the story starts artistically, you can only imagine the insane designs that Kirby would employ when bringing the Wonder Warriors into this issue (check back in the feed, we did a whole post on those fantastically designed characters sometime ago- Mike). Kirby has his cosmic greatness hitting on all angles with this insane alien head... and the beautifully Kirby-Tech adorning the bottom two panels (from inside Cap’s ship!) are throwbacks to Kirby’s FF days!!! I don’t know why people critique Kirby’s art at this point of his career... to me, it’s SPACE-TASTIC!!! 👁👁👁 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #CaptainVictory #CaptainVictoryAndTheGalacticRangers #TheGalacticRangers #PacificComics #80sComics #ComicsOfThe80s #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #CosmicKirby #KirbySplashPages #KirbySplashPage #SplashPage #DoubleSplashPage https://www.instagram.com/p/BvxSqm2AbUg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c6r0ljrjhc31

#JackedKirby - Avengers... Attack! 💥💥💥 The early issues of The Mighty Avengers are extremely important to Marvel continuity because they not only introduced a crazy amount of villains and heroes into the mix, they also showed character development and growth for the core members of the team. Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Giant Man And Wasp (and even Hulk early on) all begin to slide into shape as Lee/Kirby began to institute character behaviors and traits into the stories that would become tropes synonymous with these characters for decades. 💥💥💥 By #Issue6 (published in July of 1964) Kirby and Lee began challenging the team with greater foes and setting the stage for greater battles... which led to more awesome Kirby splash pages and multi panel battles to encompass all the action! In issue 6 they battle the Masters of Evil, a powerful villain conglomerate featuring the likes of Baron Zemo, The Melter, Paste Pot Pete, The Black Knight And even boasts a connection to Adolf Hitler HIMSELF!!! 💥💥💥 Pic 1 of this post depicts the team (minus the Hulk now who has left the team for GREENER pastures... hehehe) preparing themselves for battle by testing out Cap’s new radio controlled shield. It’s a great opening vertical splash that Kirby utilizes to highlight the other team members while making Cap and the Shield The central elements of the page. 💥💥💥 Pic 2 is a bottom of the page double square sized panel that highlights the team in battle side by side... and it’s just awesome! A beautiful team shot with Thor and Cap bookending Iron Man, Giant Man and Wasp as she is mid flight... one of the most classic panels of the full team in this spectacular early Kirby/Lee run on the book!!! 💥💥💥 This kind of epic and heroic art set the stage for the Avengers to become the cornerstone team title alongside Fantastic Four for years to come at Marvel... 💥💥💥 #KingKirby #Kirby #JackKirby #Avengers #TheAvengers #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #KirbySplashPage #KirbySplashPages #SplashPage #60sComics #ComicsOfThe60s #TheMightyAvengers #Thor #IronMan #CaptainAmerica #Wasp #GiantMan #IGComics #ComicsOfIG #igcomicfamily #igcomiccommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYCpt7BgQm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m2d5vdj6w0a5