tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post6435350733049988076..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: Part Two of Jack Kirby's Supplemental Covers, Circa 1976-1977Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-64109209995092553162020-11-20T05:00:59.033-05:002020-11-20T05:00:59.033-05:00M.P., I imagine Kirby was in his element with The ...M.P., I imagine Kirby was in his element with <i>The Losers</i>. I have a coffee table book that features a good deal of his wartime-themed work as well as depictions of earlier years which I'll have to dig into sometime and make a few scans for posting.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-55859610557385971582020-11-19T21:41:52.988-05:002020-11-19T21:41:52.988-05:00These Kirby Covers could really jump out of the sp...These Kirby Covers could really jump out of the spinner rack at a kid in those days. They did everything a cover was supposed to do; they grabbed your eyeballs. Like I've said, mass and energy colliding at high speeds. <br />I understand why Kirby didn't want to draw the Invaders, I don't blame him, but it sure could've been interesting. <br />He did a run earlier on the D.C. W.W. 2 comic the Losers, which he wrote and drew, and I thought it was great. And this from a guy who was there. Whos says that guy couldn't write a story? In one issue there was a page at the end depicting the various weapons each side used, illustrated and written by Kirby himself.<br />I'm not a war comic guy, but I enjoyed that run a lot.<br />I thought he did great covers for the F.F. during this period. Remember that one where the Thing is socking it out with the Destroyer on an asteroid?<br />Great post, C.F. seeing these covers brought back a lotta memories. A lot of 'em, I bought for the covers! I got sucked in.<br /><br />M.P.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-46059073857130399912020-11-19T20:06:03.258-05:002020-11-19T20:06:03.258-05:00Spirit, thanks for your comments. And you're ...Spirit, thanks for your comments. And you're in luck--you'll find a number of posts on Kirby's cover work for <i>Marvel's Greatest Comics</i> as well as one or two other reprint titles scattered throughout the PPC's <a href="https://peerlesspower.blogspot.com/search/label/cover%20to%20cover" rel="nofollow">cover to cover</a> section.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-4107986207745536712020-11-19T19:12:14.230-05:002020-11-19T19:12:14.230-05:00Kirby on Nova 7 was a late substitution for Cockru...Kirby on Nova 7 was a late substitution for Cockrum, after Cocktum's cover was rejected.<br />Some of Kirby's covers for the reprint comics Marvel Double Action and Marvel's Greatest Comics are interesting and may be worth posting. <br />Finally Kirby's relatively large quantity of Invaders/ Liberty Legion covers would have been due to the choice of the comic's editor, Roy Thomas, who obviously wanted a golden age artist for the covers. Roy also offered the FF to the Kirby, but sadly the King was no longer interested in collaborations.<br />Spirit of '64Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-72238860137394822952020-11-19T17:54:59.472-05:002020-11-19T17:54:59.472-05:00It's a fair assessment of Kirby's shifted ...It's a fair assessment of Kirby's shifted style in the late '70s, Factory, and there have certainly been many who are of the opinion that he might have met with more success with his work during that period if he would have consented to editorial oversight or ceded scripting to others. The "what might have been" aspect to Kirby's return to Marvel has been bandied back and forth in various forums for decades now, though it's good to know that there are others who nevertheless enjoyed what he brought to the books that he launched for both Marvel and DC in those years.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-2036884477243926752020-11-19T11:48:25.206-05:002020-11-19T11:48:25.206-05:00As a kid who collected all the Silver Age Kirby I ...As a kid who collected all the Silver Age Kirby I could find, I really disliked Kirby's Marvel return...bad and not-at-all-nuanced writing, great ideas that really needed the hand of an editor, and that damn thick, heavy line drawing. Only Coletta inking that Hercules cover is any good.<br /><br />While he stood apart from everyone with his incredible dynamics, the chock-a-block style of square fingers and wide exaggerated faces left me cold. Compare any Kirby cover to say, the George Perez art inside, and try to tell me the times hadn't completely passed him by.Factory Yoyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322226883823187246noreply@blogger.com