1972 was a good year to be a Kirby fan. With the arrival of NEW GODS #9 he had 7 covers and 204 new pages of words and pictures published for the first 107 days of the year.
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
73 YEARS AGO TODAY
World War Two had been won with the unquantifiable help of Jack Kirby making 1946 a good year to be a Kirby fan. The 10th Kirby-covered comic for the year was on sale.
It also had 3 Kirby-drawn 12 page stories.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
ON THE SPINNER RACKS 61 YEARS AGO TODAY
SO FAR KIRBY WAS AVERAGING ONE PUBLISHED COVER A MONTH FOR 1958
Half of them were for CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN.
COTU also accounted for nearly half of the 102 pages of Kirby interior art published at this point in 1958.
Monday, April 15, 2019
Sunday, April 14, 2019
49 YEARS AGO TODAY
TALK ABOUT JOB SECURITY!!!
Lee/Kirby's 100th issue
Cover and interior embellishment by Joe Sinnott
Saturday, April 13, 2019
ON THE SPINNER RACKS 58 YEARS AGO TODAY
"I
Created Mechano" (13 Kirby/Ayers pages)
"Georgie's Globe" (5 Ditko pages)
Ditko's strange tale, like Kirby's leadoff, features a character the average comic reader of 1961 can easily identify with.
"Beware of Meeks Bringing Gifts" (5 Kirby/Brodsy pages)
Friday, April 12, 2019
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