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cultshock

01-28-26 04:26 PM

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What the hell is with the Don Rickles covers? :lol:

cultshock

01-28-26 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by fujishig (Post 14698875)

The most amazing thing about this Parker Bros toy is that it spawned a comic that lasted 7 years and that despite Marvel fleshing out several other space knights there was never any continuation of the toy line or adaptation or anything. I don't think I've ever met anyone who has nostalgia over this toy (at least not without an attachment because of the comic)

The ROM and Micronauts comics were way better and lasted longer than most likely anyone expected them to be when they first started. I don't think I knew anyone who had the ROM figure, even as a sci-fi obsessed kid, this figure was never something I desired to have, other than the electronics it looked pretty lame. Not in scale with my other figures, kind of goofy looking proportions and it looked quite fragile.

Spiderbite

01-28-26 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by cultshock (Post 14699341)

What the hell is with the Don Rickles covers? :lol:

Here is the summary of the two issues. I plan to read them after I am done with the Wraith War event.

Issue #139 - Morgan Edge's latest scheme involves Don Rickles look-alike Goody Rickles, a UFO that traps Superman as Clark Kent and sends him into space, and an Inter-Gang kidnapping plot involving Jimmy Olsen, Guardian, and the Newsboy Legion.

Issue #140 skips over the "Goody Rickles" plot, I assume, going by him not being mentioned in its summary since Supes got sent to space, I guess - Superman and Jimmy Olsen travel to Kandor to discover how normal sized Kandorians are on Earth and why they are attacking Superman. The Dynamic Duo of Kandor! [Superman in Kandor part 2]; Superman and Jimmy Olsen take the secret identites of Nightwing and Flamebird so they can track down Than-Ol's raiders and stop his scheme to enlarge Kandor. The City of Super-People! [Superman in Kandor part 3]; Than Ol succeeds in enlarging Kandor, but Superman must re-shrink it before Than-Ol's process destroys it completely.

Then back to Rickles for issue #141 - Lightray helps Superman escape the UFO, while Jimmy, Goody Rickles, and the Guardian foil Ugly Mannheim's plot to kill them.

Kirby was scripting the Rickles stories. Maybe he was packing something a little special in his cigars.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/40/72...a8bf1cad66.jpg

cultshock

01-28-26 05:13 PM

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Those stories sound crazy, what the hell was Kirby smoking? :lol:

Spiderbite

01-29-26 09:18 AM

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Continuing the reading event: Jack Kirby's The Fourth World!

I had the first below comic as a kid. A friend's granddad gave it to me along with a lot of other comics (mostly old War comics). I always wondered why Dracula and The Wolf Man looked so freaking weird.

https://media.mycomicshop.com/n_iv/600/682361.jpg

https://media.mycomicshop.com/n_iv/600/680551.jpg

https://media.mycomicshop.com/n_iv/600/682367.jpg

https://media.mycomicshop.com/n_iv/600/681319.jpg

https://media.mycomicshop.com/n_iv/600/680557.jpg

HOMO-DISASTROUS!!!! :lol:

Bronkster

01-29-26 02:19 PM

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I had been collecting Jimmy Olsen (being a Superman geek) for about three years when Kirby took over the title. I liked Kirby's Marvel stuff, but this run was a bit too strange for my adolescent mind to enjoy. I really was not a fan of Kirby's DC stuff at all, although I now see how well it has matured under other writers/artists.

cultshock

01-29-26 02:33 PM

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I had no idea that Kirby was doing these crazy Jimmy Olsen comics. :lol:

Josh-da-man

01-29-26 07:26 PM

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The thing about Kirby's DC work that has always fascinated me is that editorial had Superman's face redrawn because Kirby couldn't draw him on-model.

Spiderbite

01-30-26 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man (Post 14699827)

The thing about Kirby's DC work that has always fascinated me is that editorial had Superman's face redrawn because Kirby couldn't draw him on-model.

That is correct. It appears that Murphy Anderson is the credited artists for redrawing the majority of Superman's and Jimmy Olsen's heads, at least in these issues I am posting. That just goes to show you that even DC, who was excited to get Kirby from Marvel, recognized his artwork and faces could look petty funky. I appreciate Kirby's stuff now, but I hated his art as a kid. I would actually skip issues or not buy stuff if I looked and saw he drew it back then. Hey, I was a kid and I only had so much money to spend on comics.

Even now, I still find it jarring at times, but his imagination and experimentation was boundless, which has to be admired.

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The story of Murphy Anderson and the redrawing of Jack Kirby's heads is a well-documented and often cited example of the pressures faced by comic book artists during the transition from Marvel to DC. Anderson's work on the Superman family comics, particularly with his frequent collaborator Curt Swan, is known for its polished and elegant style, which was a departure from the more gritty and experimental art of the Marvel era. Anderson's contributions to the Superman series, including the iconic Superman and Jimmy Olsen covers, are still celebrated for their impact on the comic book industry and the characters they depicted.

Spiderbite

01-30-26 09:21 AM

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