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Fuck Yeah Kirby!
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From TALES TO ASTONISH #40, here’s the opening splash page to the Ant-Man story by Jack Kirby and Sol Brodsky. I wonder if the tip of that title burst was cut off in the final printing, as it is here. Also, looking at it up close, you can see the original hand-lettering sketched onto the boards indicating that Dick Ayers was originally going to be inking this story.
Secret Oranges: Grimm Sentry via Steve Cook
Jack Kirby sketch for the British Comicon ‘78 booklet
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A page from THOR #134 by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta. Some of Kirby’s border notes remain legible here:
HE SUBJECTS WOLF TO MAXIMUM-MILLENNIAL-PROGRESSION—THE PROCESS OF SPEEDING UP EVOLUTION—WOLF’S BODY STRUCTURE IS NOW LOSING STATIC TORSION
WOLF’S BODY IS BEGINNING TO ACHIEVE TEMPORAL MOTION
GENES RESHIFTING
A posed photograph of Jack Kirby pretending to work on the already-completed cover to TALES OF SUSPENSE #76. So this was presumably taken in 1966.
The opening splash page to SGT FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS #7 by Jack Kirby and George Roussos (credited as George Bell)
Splash page from the Thor story in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #106 by Jack Kirby and Chic Stone.
A prime FANTASTIC FOUR page from issue #63 by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott. On this particular page, most all of Kirby’s border notes are still extant, so you can see what Stan had to work with while dialoguing.
TRITON USES AIR-JET GUN, HE USED IN THE NEGATIVE ZONE TO RESCUE REED—PROPELS HIMSELF TO ROOF
HE SHOOTS UP SO FAST, BLASTAAR’S SHOT MISSES HIM
EXERTING GREAT POWER, TRITON BELTS BLASTAAR BEFORE HE CAN BLAST AGAIN
TRITON WANGS OUT EVEN HARDER—KNOWING HE MUST KNOCK OUT BLASTAAR OR BE BLOWN TO SIMTHEREENS
Additionally, there are a few legible notes from Stan to production manager Sol Brodsky:
TELL TRITON—TO WAIT! IT ISN’T HIS FIGHT! HE’S DONE HIS SHARE—!
SPACE BETWEEN THESE 2 BALLOONS
SOL: EXPLOSION COMES FROM HIS FINGERTIPS. SEE PAGE 15/2
MORE SPEED LINES
Jack Kirby art work
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