The Daily Kirby

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

45 YEARS AGO TODAY

Kirby Bondage Time at the spinner rack again!

Monday, October 22, 2018

46 YEARS AGO TODAY

In the first three weeks of October 1972 DC shipped 20 comics. Only one had a Kirby cover.

FUN FACT: During the same time period DC published 10 Nicholas Cardy covers (GHOSTS #10, FROM BEYOND THE UNKNOWN #20, WITCHING HOUR #26, SECRETS OF SINISTER HOUSE #8, SUPERMAN #259, WANTED THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS VILLAINS #4, FLASH #219, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #103, WEIRD WAR TALES #9 and WORLD'S FINEST #215)

Sunday, October 21, 2018

NEW KIRBY HOMAGES IN THE SHOPS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #2

KIRBY MONSTER VARIANT - $3.99

(W) Dan Slott (A) Giuseppe Camuncoli (CA) Paolo Rivera

ASTONISHING ANT-MAN #1

KIRBY MONSTER VARIANT - $3.99

(W) Nick Spencer (A) Ramon Rosanas (CA) Tradd Moore

KARNAK #1

KIRBY MONSTER VARIANT - $3.99

(W) Warren Ellis (A) Gerardo Zaffino (CA) Eric Powell

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2

KIRBY MONSTER VARIANT - $3.99

(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) David Marquez (CA) Walt Simonson

SHIELD #11

KIRBY MONSTER VARIANT - $3.99

(W) Mark Waid (A) Howard Chaykin (CA) James Stokoe

UNCANNY INHUMANS #1

KIRBY MONSTER VARIANT - $4.99

(W) Charles Soule (A) Steve McNiven, Brandon Peterson (CA) Arthur Adams

Saturday, October 20, 2018

51 YEARS AGO TODAY

This was one of the rare months that another Marvel employee had more new covers published than Kirby!!!

Kirby covered twice as many Marvels as George Tuska, Marie Severin, Don Heck, John Romita, Dan Adkins, Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko or Ogden Whitney.

But Gene Colan covered three, making him the Marvel King of Covers for that month.

Fun Fact: October 1967 was also one of those even rarer months when Marvel didn't reprint ANY Kirby art.

Friday, October 19, 2018

42 YEARS AGO TODAY

5 comics went on sale with new Kirby covers.

These two also each had 17 pages written and drawn by Kirby. (Royer did the inking on both)

NOVA #5, AVENGERS #155 and DEFENDERS #43 were the 3 Kirby-cover-only comics