AN ERA IS BORN
Kirby did the covers for the next 11 issues of YOUNG ROMANCE. He also provided interior art for all of those issues.
Monday, July 16, 2018
Sunday, July 15, 2018
91 YEARS AGO TODAY
Jack Abel was born. He became a Kirby inker after having been a penciler earlier in his career.
Abel inks Kirby's second Groot cover.
Saturday, July 14, 2018
91 YEARS AGO TODAY
Mike Esposito was born. After assisting the legendary Hogarth on the Tarzan newspaper strip he was hired as a penciler by Stan Lee in 1950. He formed a comic company with Ross Andru in 1953 which went bust in 1954 when comics nearly went extinct.
After Kirby saved comics in the Sixties, Esposito's immortality was assured when Lee enlisted him into the Kirby Inker Army.
Friday, July 13, 2018
42 YEARS AGO TODAY
Thursday, July 12, 2018
51 YEARS AGO TODAY
In FANTASTIC FOUR #67 Reed Richards demonstrates what a genius he is by reverse engineering a teleporter from photographs.
It was only my second issue of the FANTASTIC FOUR
*KA BANG!*
Mind Blown!!!!!!
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
77 YEARS AGO TODAY
Kirby's 17th cover hit the stores.
It was Kirby's third Hitler cover in seven months.
It was the fourth time Kirby covered a first issue.
It was the fourth time Kirby covered a first issue.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
45 YEARS AGO TODAY
What else do these two comics have in common besides going on sale on the same day; having Kirby/Royer covers; being written, drawn and edited by Kirby and being published by DC?
Neither was reprinted until after Kirby's death.
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