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I wanted to alert folks who have already seen my Kirby inking Kirby post that it's been updated with two additional covers I've discovered. In adding some Kirby inked info to the GCD, I noticed a Tales of Suspense listing with my Kirby inking ID from some time ago, staring me in the face!  I also found a romance cover as well. I try to be as thorough as possible, so if anything new pops up I'll add it to the post, so we can have as complete a list as possible all in one spot.  

In studying various inking styles over the decades, I've become familiar with the the distinctive fingerprints of many artists, in particular the early Marvel period. Jack Kirby was embellished by many very talented and individual inkers circa 1959-1963, including Chris Rule, George Klein, Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko, Sol Brodsky, Don Heck, Paul Reinman and George Roussos. There have, however, been a number of covers that look nothing like "the usual suspects". By comparing these covers to known Kirby inked work from the 1940s and 1950s I will attempt to dissect the stylistic tics that define Kirby's inking style on these early Marvel covers. The Fantastic Four # 7, October 1962                                                     While folks like comics historian Mark Evanier believe that Kirby inked the cover to FF # 7 (and I wholeheartedly agree) I suspect that is just the tip of the iceberg, and since a blog is great for studies such as this, presented here, for the f