I didn't post this one yesterday, but should have. It's a classic Kirby battle page. Nobody could convey the sense of power with superheroes the way Jack Kirby could. |
Keep in mind that there were no scripts or story ideas handed to Jack Kirby by some "co-creator". It's true that Jack Kirby did have to put up with an editor who altered his dialog and inserted captions. But that's what editors do in comics. They were not co-creators, just worker bees who didn't create anything at all. They just did a job and, sometimes, stole the credit rightfully due to people who had talent.
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I remember reading that one, but it must have been in a reprint. I think FF #55 was published before I could read.
That is a great battle.
Kirby would return to this kind of yarn whenever he needed to take a breather from the longer story arcs he was writing and illustrating for Fantastic Four and Thor.
Why would Kirby need a "breather"? It's the same amount of work plotting and drawing out a 20 page comic whether it's in a long story arc or a done-in-one.
Just my own impression from being a writer. It's far more stressful to write a longer work than it is a shorter one. It's like the difference between writing a short story (which can be done in a day or two) and a novel (which can take several months to a year or more).
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