Comics and books I read last week, as #JackKirbyMonth wraps up.
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Comics & books I read last week, as #JackKirbyMonth continues.
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And here are links to the rest of the never-reprinted series, including the three-issue origin of X-51/Aaron Stack/Machine Man!
Note: almost every issue has a two-page spread!
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The never-reprinted premiere issue of Jack Kirby’s sequel series to his adaptation of 2001: a Space Odyssey!
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Two multi panel pages showing Himon and Darkseid arguing over Scott Free’s soul.
The powerful final two pages from Mister Miracle 9 (Aug 1972) by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. #JackKirbyMonth
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A hand reaches through a wall, beckoning a young man with a shaved head and in uniform.
Splash page from Mister Miracle 9 (Aug 1972) by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. #JackKirbyMonth
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A futuristic yet decaying cityscape
Double page splash from Mister Miracle 9 (Aug 1972) by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. A view of life in the slums of Armagetto on Darkseid’s Apokolips. #JackKirbyMonth
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A vehicle runs along a track next to an explosion.
Opening splash page from Mister Miracle 9 (Aug 1972) by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. Kirby Krackle! 🤩 #JackKirbyMonth
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A young uniformed man is being attacked by blaster-gun wielding parademons.
Mister Miracle 9 (Aug 1972) cover by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. One of Kirby’s greatest single issues, “Himon” tells the story of how Young Scott Free escaped Apokolips to eventually become Mister Miracle. Powerful writing & art makes this one of the all-time best comics ever! #JackKirbyMonth
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A villain known as The Tiger, wearing an orange and black striped suit, is menacing the city and being stalked by Manhunter.
The opening splash page of the Manhunter story from Adventure Comics 78 (Sept 1942) by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon as reprinted in New Gods 9 (July 1972). #JackKirbyMonth
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Sandman and Sandy operate an anti-aircraft gun while Manhunter acts as their spotter.
The cover of Adventure Comics 78 (Sept 1942) by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon as reprinted in New Gods 9 (July 1972). This was the only time Manhunter and Sandman appeared on a cover together. #JackKirbyMonth
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All-Widow prepares to ritually sacrifice the Prime One as Forager looks on helplessly
Provocative splash page from New Gods 9 (July 1972) by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. Kirby is just so damn good! #JackKirbyMonth
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Orion is in the foreground, head down, brooding and angry. Behind him stands Lighray, head held high, looking happy and full of hope.
Here’s a great splash page from New Gods 9 (July 1972) by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. The body language of the two characters tells more about their different personalities than any words could. #JackKirbyMonth
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Forager leads his fellow insect-like humanoids on a raid
New Gods 9 (July 1972) double splash page by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. #JackKirbyMonth
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Several insect like humanoids emerge from a cave.
New Gods 9 (July 1972) opening splash page by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. #JackKirbyMonth
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A Bug-like warrior in battle. Cameo drawings of Lightray and Orion adorn the left side.
New Gods 9 (July 1972) cover by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. Kirby created several insect-like humanoid races such as the one featured in this story. He had done it in Tales Of Asgard in the back of the Thor comics, and again later in his Captain Victory series. #JackKirbyMonth
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A man appears to be reading a book in deep concentration. Above and behind him, the Sandman and Sandy jump onto the scene.
The opening splash page of The Sandman story from Adventure Comics 74 (May 1942) by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon as reprinted in Forever People 9 (July 1972). #JackKirbyMonth
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The Sandman and Sandy appear in a gangster’s dream to point an accusatory finger at him.
The cover of Adventure Comics 74 (May 1942) by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon as reprinted in Forever People 9 (July 1972). #JackKirbyMonth
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A couple armed hoodlums run past the Forever People.
Splash page from Forever People 9 (July 1972) by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. #JackKirbyMonth
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A mad doctor, reminiscent of Frankenstein, prepares to pull a lever to bring his monstrous creation, a sewn-together, bandaged brute of a person, to life.
Opening splash page from Forever People 9 (July 1972) by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. A sort of alternate version of the issue’s cover. I guess one could view this issue, with its horror themes, as a sort of test run for Kirby’s series The Demon, which debuted several months later. #JackKirbyMonth
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A mad doctor, reminiscent of Frankenstein, prepares to pull a lever to bring his monstrous creation, a sewn-together, bandaged brute of a person, to life.
Forever People 9 (July 1972) cover by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. I’ve always viewed this issue as the beginning of the end for Kirby’s Fourth World. DC’s head office (i.e. Carmine Infantino) said that Kirby had to include Deadman in this issue, and here editorial interference began. #JackKirbyMonth
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The four Boy Commandos and their adult leader, Captain Rip Carter, introduce themselves to the reader.
The opening splash page of the very first Boy Commandos story, which appeared in Detective Comics 64 (June 1942) by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, as reprinted in Mister Miracle 8 (June 1972). Very similar to an introductory scene in Kirby’s Sgt Fury & His Howling Commandos no 1 #JackKirbyMonth
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Mister Miracle is a prisoner of several Apokolips military types and is being escorted across a bridge.
Splash page from Mister Miracle 8 (June 1972) by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. #JackKirbyMonth
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A roomful of warrior women spar and show off their abilities.
Double page splash from Mister Miracle 8 (June 1972) by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. #JackKirbyMonth
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Big Barda surveys the battered Apokolips shock troopers she has just defeated in battle.
Opening splash page from Mister Miracle 8 (June 1972) by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. #JackKirbyMonth
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Mister Miracle is bound to a table next to a big, pink, vaguely humanoid Lump. They are both unconscious and on a large screen behind them they are engaged in a Battle Of The Id!
Mister Miracle 8 (June 1972) cover by Jack Kirby with Mike Royer. #JackKirbyMonth
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