A few years ago, I began a chronological "re-reading project" of every comic-book story Jack Kirby worked on in my collection. I got thru the 40's, 50's, and 60's (adding every single Marvel from the 60's to the list while I was at it). At the point where Kirby went to DC, I continued on with the Marvel reading, always intending to pick up Jack's work where I left off. Now, about 3 years later, I'm finally back on it, and have been re-reading some books I haven't looked at in 30 years. (And doing scans & "restorations" of the covers in the process.)
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FOREVER PEOPLE 1 / art by Jack Kirby & Frank Giacoia (March 1971)
JIMMY OLSEN 133 /
art by Jack Kirby & Vince Colletta (alterations by Al Plastino) (October 1970)
JIMMY OLSEN 134 / art by NEAL ADAMS (December 1970)
JIMMY OLSEN 135 / art by NEAL ADAMS (January 1971)
JIMMY OLSEN 136 / art by NEAL ADAMS (March 1971)
JIMMY OLSEN 137 / art by Jack Kirby & Neal Adams (April 1971)
JIMMY OLSEN 138 / rejected pencils by Jack Kirby
JIMMY OLSEN 138 /
art by Jack Kirby, Neal Adams & Murphy Anderson (June 1971)
NEW GODS 1 / art by Jack Kirby & Frank Giacoia (March 1971)
MISTER MIRACLE 1 / art by Jack Kirby & Frank McLaughlin (April 1971)
(Continued in
Part 2)
More as I go!
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Here's one I'm posting here because I don't feel like starting a separate page, and I don't really have anything else to go with it.
SUPER DC GIANT was an oversized anthology series devoted to miscellaneous reprints. Each issue had a different theme. This particular cover caught my attention as being very unusual, with a "graphic" style ("posterized" is the word I learned in art school). I figured it would be a good fit on this page of the blog, as it has a February 1971 cover date, which neatly puts it in the time when Jack Kirby's new DC books were just starting to appear.
SUPER DC GIANT S-21 / art by CHARLIE ARMENTANO (February 1971)
Artwork (C) DC Comics Inc.
Raw scan of JIMMY OLSEN #138 rejected pencils supplied by Patrick Ford
Raw scan of SUPER DC GIANT #S-21 from Heritage Auctions
All other scans from my own personal collection
Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa
NEW GODS #2 / art by Jack Kirby & Vince Colletta (May 1971)
