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August 4th, 2009
09:35 pm [dr_hermes] [Link]	Light up another one, Tony These clips are from THE AVENGERS# 5, May 1964 and #7, August 1964. Script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby. Tony Stark has to wear the Iron Man chestplate all the time, because it keeps a piece of shrapnel from moving into his heart. When he lets the armor's power run down, that piece of metal instantly starts digging deeper, causing pain, dizziness and weakness. (This didn't seem the way such an injury would actually work, but it was great drama.) We got a lot of panels of a tortured Iron Man crawling doggedly toward an outlet to recharge his chestplate; he was quite the suffering hero, having to use up his power in a fight and then pay for it. Despite having a damaged heart that could only be kept functioning with machinery, the idea of quitting cigarettes didn't seem to occur to Tony, though. Steve Rogers and Bruce Wayne and Reed Richards smoked pipes, Nick Fury and Ben Grimm lit up stogies. But Tony was satisfied with a pack of Lucky Strikes. (I would have loved it if Kirby or an inker had added one panel of Iron Man with a cancer stick protruding from the grille of the Iron Man helmet. Just once.) 1964 might as well be another planet if you're in your twenties today. People smoked EVERYWHERE. Airplanes, restaurants, movie theatres, stadiums. Nobody thought anything of it. People smoked in supermarkets and ground out the butts on the floor. Doctors smoked in their offices. Teachers smoked (but students weren't allowed to). After the Surgeon General started hitting the public over the head with a 2X4 about the dangers of tobacco, habits gradually changed and laws were changed. Today, you see the furtive "cigarette outlaws" sullenly huddled outside buildings on their breaks. But it wasn't always today. ( Read more... ) Tags: char: iron man/tony stark, creator: jack kirby, creator: stan lee, era: silver age (28 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 31st, 2009
10:38 pm [volksjager] [Link]	Let's bust some heads for peace ! Brave and the bold makes the big return with OMAC (and the Global Peace Agency) Stan Burkowitz gets it done ! ( Read more... ) Current Music: The Rubish Tarnnys "DOG not GOD" Tags: creator: jack kirby, group: global peace agency, publisher: dc comics, title: omac (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 29th, 2009
10:21 am [seriousfic] [Link]	The final defeat of Darkseid and the end of the Fourth World Saga No, for real. Jack Kirby conceived the various Fourth World books to be part of one epic saga with a beginning, middle, and end... a maxi-series, if you will. Unfortunately, low sales forced the cancellation of each series, although on the bright side, this did free up the various characters to make later appearances in the DC universe. In 1985, Kirby wrote a graphic novel called The Hunger Dogs designed to bring the saga to a close, although DC editorial prevented a climactic Darkseid-Orion showdown from truly closing the book, even though The Hunger Dogs was evidently non-canon. Still, it's an interesting look at Kirby's intentions, thwarted as they were. ( As for us, adventure beckons! Life beckons! ) Current Music: Akira Yamaoka - Not Tomorrow Tags: char: darkseid, char: orion, creator: jack kirby (24 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 25th, 2009
05:34 pm [dr_hermes] [Link]	Great Stan Lee dialogue Think about what the Impossible Man is saying in this panel from FANTASTIC FOUR# 11, February 1963 (a thousand years ago). Stan scripted these stories so quickly, as he was writing and editing nearly the entire Marvel line-up at the time. This gives the scripts much of their adlib, impromptu nature; and once in a while, Stan batted out a line of genius with really giving it much thought. Tags: creator: jack kirby, creator: stan lee, era: silver age, title: fantastic four (31 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 18th, 2009
04:30 am [jlroberson] [Link]	A Jack Kirby Painting of Metron ( From Jack Kirby Collector #23. ) Current Location: Seattle Current Mood: okay Current Music: Trip Shakespeare, "Rose" Tags: char: metron, creator: jack kirby (16 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 8th, 2009
12:42 am [dr_hermes] [Link]	What's the one thing a Cyclops would never say? "My eyes"...? Really, Stan, were you paying attention or just trying to get the issue in before deadline. This is from TALES OF SUSPENSE# 10, July 1960. Art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers, natch. Here's a better look at that ol' one-eyed giant from mythology. ( Read more... ) Tags: creator: jack kirby (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 5th, 2009
10:54 pm [dr_hermes] [Link]	Wait, how does that work again? Figure this one out. It's a sequence from "The Return of Doctor Doom!" in THE FANTASTIC FOUR# 10, January 1963. Script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. So. Alicia Masters is a talented sculptor (well, her father was the Puppet Master, so you can see how she grew up with the materials around her), despite the fact that she's blind. She touches people and things to get a sense of what they look like and carves statues that are quite accurate. So far, okay, not out of the limits of the possible and (by comic book standards, quite modest a claim). Yet how does she create these little figurines of finks like Dr Doom, the Sub-Mariner, the Skrulls? The Fantastic Four had only met the Mole Man once at this point, certainly hadn't taken any photos of him.(The statuettes are in great poses, by the way, very expressive of the subjects' personalities). Did Ben talk her through the process? How long would that take? Weeks, months? ("Naw, honey, the Miracle Man's waist was slimmer...") There's only one answer that makes sense to me. Despite the fact he had fingers as thick as cigars, with only three fingers and a thumb on each hand, Ben was actually the sculptor! He was using Alicia as a front, because he thought his artistic inclinations were too sissy for a guy in 1963... Tags: char: alicia masters, char: the thing/ben grimm, creator: jack kirby, creator: stan lee, title: fantastic four (32 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 4th, 2009
10:02 pm [jlroberson] [Link]	And Now, Bicentennial Kirby Captain America--Lost In Time! In honor of the Fourth(well, here it's still the 4th), here are eleven pages from Jack Kirby's ginormous 1976 Bicentennial Special. Enjoy the sheer Kirby awesomeness. ( In Which Ben Franklin Rips Off Cap! ) Current Location: Seattle Current Mood: full Current Music: Husker Du, "New Day Rising" Tags: char: ben franklin, char: captain america/steve rogers, char: geronimo, char: hitler, char: red skull/johann schmidt, creator: jack kirby (16 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 21st, 2009
03:21 pm [volksjager] [Link]	Finally ! a Full Kamandi Episode of Batman the Brave and the Bold !!! The best part being that all the Animals were literally taken right from the Book as Kirby drew them. ( Read more... ) Current Music: Rubbish tanys " Balls deep" Tags: char: batman/bruce wayne, char: dr. canus, char: kamandi, creator: jack kirby, medium: videos, publisher: dc comics, title: batman the brave and the bold, title: kamandi the last boy on earth (19 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 15th, 2009
02:57 am [galateus] [Link]	Fantastic Four #5: "The Fantast Four Meet... DOCTOR DOOM" I saw a comment from magnetic_regina asking whether the Debut of Doom had been posted, and amazingly, it hasn't. Rectified! "Prisoners of Doctor Doom!" was published July, 1962. After much deliberation, I narrowed down the preview image to just one of the many crackalicious panels: ( Inside!: the exciting one-page origin story of Doom. Guest-starring: Blackbeard the Pirate. ) ( 2 x ETA ) Tags: char: dr. doom/victor von doom, creator: jack kirby, creator: stan lee, era: silver age, in-joke: science doesn't work that way, theme: origin stories, title: fantastic four (18 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 14th, 2009
08:51 am [seriousfic] [Link]	One Perfect Moment: Darkseid Having seen a lot of villainous perfect moments, I've noticed a common trend. A lot of bad guys talk about how evil they are. Green Goblin plays around with a Gwen Stacy doll. The Joker teases Babs. Etc, etc. But when you're really evil. I mean, when you're dag-nasty bad? You don't have to advertise. ( People just tend to know. ) Tags: char: darkseid, creator: jack kirby, series: one perfect moment week (12 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 12th, 2009
08:49 pm [xdoop] [Link]	The rise and fall of Prince Zorba ( Story behind the cut. ) Tags: char: dr. doom/kristoff vernard, char: dr. doom/victor von doom, char: human torch/johnny storm, char: invisible woman/susan storm, char: mr. fantastic/reed richards, char: the thing/ben grimm, char: zorba, creator: doug moench, creator: jack kirby, creator: joe sinnott, creator: john byrne, creator: keith pollard, creator: marv wolfman, creator: tom sutton, group: fantastic four, publisher: marvel comics, title: fantastic four (15 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 7th, 2009
05:15 pm [seriousfic] [Link]	Barda and Scott's perfect moment(s) ( What else could I be posting but JACK KIRBY? ) Tags: char: big barda/barda free, char: mr. miracle/scott free, creator: jack kirby, series: one perfect moment week (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 24th, 2009
11:04 am [volksjager] [Link]	The Last Boy on Earth... It has been brought to my attention that I have never posted Kamadi first adventure as he goes fourth in a harsh world... ( Read more... ) Tags: char: ben boxer, char: dr. canus, char: kamandi, creator: jack kirby, publisher: dc comics, title: kamandi the last boy on earth (12 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 19th, 2009
10:13 am [seriousfic] [Link]	Some Barda and Scott domesticity? Why not? ( That female 'Attila the Hun' has really taken over here, Scott! ) Tags: char: big barda/barda free, char: mr. miracle/scott free, char: oberon, creator: jack kirby, publisher: dc comics (22 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 16th, 2009
11:15 pm [icon_uk] [Link]	Bringing new meaning to the notion that artists are insane - Crazy Quilt Pt 1 As promised, in honour of his appearance in next weeks Brave and the Bold, the first of a sort of two part history of Crazy Quilt, criminal, artist and general nutcase! ( Be warned... this gets Technicolour! ) Tags: char: crazy quilt/paul dekker, creator: jack kirby, creator: joe simon, group: boy commandos, publisher: dc comics (18 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 2nd, 2009
01:07 pm [volksjager] [Link]	Over the precipice So watching the BSG prequil "Caprica" many people have compared it to Fritz Langs " Metropolis" , But I see alot of Omac in it. A hedonistic society in the final stages of driving right off a cliff.... ( Read more... ) Tags: creator: jack kirby, publisher: dc comics, title: omac (11 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 1st, 2009
06:08 pm [xdoop] [Link]	Dan Didio on the status of the New Gods, post-Final Crisis From Newsarama: "The aspect of the New Gods and Darkseid have been removed from the DC Universe so that he is no longer a threat for, and they are no longer allies for the heroes in the DC Universe." Darkseid is sad... Tags: char: darkseid, creator: dan didio, creator: jack kirby, publisher: dc comics, title: new gods (37 comments \| Leave a comment)
09:27 am [volksjager] [Link]	Another old Kamadi post. Kamandi meets the love of his life...Flower. ( Read more... ) Current Music: Phillip Glass "Einstein on the beach" Tags: char: kamandi, creator: jack kirby (11 comments \| Leave a comment)
April 12th, 2009
02:12 pm [xdoop] [Link]	Darkseid gets lonely. ( Images behind the cut. ) Current Mood: touched Tags: char: darkseid, char: desaad, creator: jack kirby, publisher: dc comics, title: new gods (16 comments \| Leave a comment)

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