FANTASTIC FOUR #90 through #93.

I landed the copies I needed to research and comment on the Jack Kirby four-issue story arc that was told from issue #90 of FANTASTIC FOUR to issue #93 of the title. This was the comic book story that Kirby was uniquely placed to tell using his creation, Ben Grimm.

More, later, after I've read it again and let it soak in.

Kirby, Kirby, and Kirby.

Soon, I'm going to write about the comic whose cover is pictured here. It was the final chapter of a four-part series in FANTASTIC FOUR. It was all Kirby. It was classic Kirby. Everything that Kirby was about is tied up in this neat and fantastic story.

However, I'm not going to write about the books and story arc in any detail, because I still need to add some of the issues in that arc to my collection. To do the essay now I'd be going on pure recollection, and I want to read it all fresh, in the original format that Kirby intended it to be read.

Give me a few weeks.

FANTASTIC FOUR #93. The last part of the "Slave" story arc that Kirby plotted, wrote, and illustrated. It's without doubt my absolute favorite Jack Kirby story. I loved everything about it when I was a kid, and it holds up today and is as powerful as it was when first published. Kirby all the way. No co-creator. Just Jack Kirby writing and penciling, Frank Giacoia inking, Artie Simek lettering, and the publisher's nephew editing.