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A Kirby inking Kirby Addition

I added another Kirby inked cover to my Kirby inking Kirby post: Strange Tales Annual # 1. Take a look and see if you agree with my assesment. Have I missed any Kirby inked covers? Stay tuned.

I wish one and all the warmest holiday wishes and hope that 2012 will be a peaceful, productive and positive year. 

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Monsters at my Wndow or Why the Pre-Hero Monsters Matter

Since the Marvel Masterworks –Atlas Era Tales To Astonish Vol 4 comes out this week, which includes my essay on those stories (and I hope you’ll all go out and buy it, since it’s a worthwhile book. I've included a link to the Marvel Masterworks site for a better look). http://www.collectededitions.com/marvel/mm/atlas/tta/tta_mm04.html I thought it would be a good time to discuss the importance of what some consider “silly monster stories”, with little meaning in the scheme of things to the Marvel Superhero explosion. Having studied and collected these comics for many years, including the original comics in their sequential order, I’ve concluded that they very much affect the future Marvel Comics Group. In terms of plotting, creative teams and concepts they became the clay which would slowly mold itself into a new era, one that took not only elements of the monster story, but those of romance, westerns and teen humor. What Lee, Lieber, Kirby, Ditko and the rest did was transform bi...
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Avengers # 11 Cover Mystery

A Few weeks back I looked at some of the interior corrections on The Avengers by Jack Kirby. This time around I thought it would be interesting to examine the cover to T he Avengers # 11, which appears to have a number of artistic hands involved in its creation.  Avengers # 11 cover, Dec 1964 This cover has been a puzzle to me for many years. I have no doubt that the Thor, Iron-Man and Cap figures are pencilled  by Jack Kirby and inked by Chic Stone, the usual cover team in this period. Kirby's figure work and poses are evident, as is Stone's bold inking. Giant-Man, Spider-Man and possibly the Wasp are another matter.      Close-up of Giant-Man figure, by Ditko & Stone? Examining the Giant-Man figure and the way the body is positioned, I suspect Steve Ditko drew the figure, possibly replacing a Giant-Man drawing by Kirby that Stan Lee didn't like. Minor alterations took place before the cov...
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