#JackedKirby - Enter the World of Daring Mystery Comics!!! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ I love me some Golden Age Simon & Kirby, so when I saw this cover I had to delve in and do some research. The middle figure (The Thunderer) appealed to me most... who were these amazing characters I had never heard of? ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ From left to right on the cover we have: Captain Daring, The Fin, The Thunderer, Citizen V and Blue Diamond. On the bottom in the inset we have The Silver Scorpion, the only lady of the bunch. ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ The credits page (pic 2) tells us who worked on the actual interiors of these stories. Credits were wonky back then, but here they go: Captain Daring - Frank Borth The Fin - Bill Everett The Thunderer - Ed Robbins Citizen V - Tom Benson Blue Diamond - Ben Thompson The Silver Scorpion - Harry Sable ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Simon and Kirby were pinch hitting on this cover as they were on their way out the door of Timely and over to National (DC Comics) to begin work on The Sandman. 1941 had been a banner year for Timely and Simon/Kirby with the launch of Cap in March... but despite large sales and huge popularity problems over money led to them shoving off. This book, Daring Mystery Comics #Issue8 is dated January of 1942, so that means they completed it sometime in late 1941. This anthology series came to an end with this issue, and was recycled into a comedy anthology book shortly after. But not before we got to see Simon and Kirbyโs excellent takes on these awesome Golden Age characters!!! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Which of these 6 characters do you find the most interesting design? Leave a comment below!!! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #DaringMysteryComics #GoldenAgeComics #40sComics #ComicsOfThe40s #TimelyComics #Marvel #CaptainDaring #TheFin #TheThunderer #CitizenV #BlueDiamond #TheSilverScorpion #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #IGcomics #ComicsOfIG https://www.instagram.com/p/B0TTqrehSL-/?igshid=1nmziptrsc5g
