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Eric Jansen
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Posted: 23 February 2023 at 3:10am | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Here's the rest of Kirby's MACHINE MAN covers!  Such good stuff!

MACHINE MAN #1 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Frank Giacoia
I think this is one of Kirby's best!

MACHINE MAN #2 by Jack Kirby and Mike Esposito

MACHINE MAN #3 by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia

MACHINE MAN #4 by Jack Kirby and Mike Esposito
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Rebecca Jansen
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Posted: 23 February 2023 at 3:53am | IP Logged | 2 post reply
2001 #8-10 also featured Machine Man by Kirby.
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Eric Jansen
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Posted: 23 February 2023 at 4:19am | IP Logged | 3 post reply
You mean these?

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY #8 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by John Verpoorten

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY #9 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Frank Giacoia

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY #10 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Mike Royer
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Rebecca Jansen
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Posted: 23 February 2023 at 5:50pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply
Those look great... Mister Machine! Want!

I wish I'd bought all the 2001s when they were still cheap! Like JB has said, Kirby was not in fashion for a long time and you could get mint copies of Machine Man, Devil Dinosaur, Eternals etc. at a dollar or less. I did have 2001 #1 once and lots of other Kirby #1s of the '70s, but often didn't pursue them past that, and 2001 is one I failed to collect. I vas an dummkopf. :^(
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Dave Kopperman
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Posted: 23 February 2023 at 6:03pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply
The Kirby 2001 Treasury Edition from 1976 is one of the prized centerpieces of my collection (and probably the cheapest one, too - maybe about $6.00?).  It's everything you want from a Kirby comic visually - the oversized pages are superb. And he clearly felt no reservation about applying his writing style atop the Kubrick/Clarke story.  It's intense and melodramatic in direct opposition to the cool, cerebral film and novel. The contrasts offer a fascinating window into his mind in a way that much of his own work doesn't quite highlight. When I first found it years ago, I wrote that it had "...artists with very distinctive voices that deal in many of the same themes, but with a wholly opposed set of sensibilities. It's like Stephen King writing an adaptation of Mulholland Drive."








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Richard Stevens
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Posted: 24 February 2023 at 12:51am | IP Logged | 6 post reply
I LOVE the Kirby 2001 / Machine Man stuff. Picked up a bunch in the 90s. Those books are magic.
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Eric Jansen
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Posted: 24 February 2023 at 12:54pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply
Here's the rest of the 2001 covers.

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY TREASURY EDITION penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Dan Adkins

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY #1 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by John Verpoorten

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY #2 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Joe Sinnott

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY #3 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by John Verpoorten

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY #4 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Frank Giacoia

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY #5 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Mike Royer

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY #6 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by John Verpoorten

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY #7 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Frank Giacoia
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Eric Jansen
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Posted: 26 February 2023 at 10:36pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply
Here's the 1970's Kirby FANTASTIC FOUR covers that no one posted yet.

FANTASTIC FOUR #167 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Joe Sinnott

FANTASTIC FOUR #171 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Joe Sinnott (with John Romita)

FANTASTIC FOUR #172 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Joe Sinnott

FANTASTIC FOUR #177 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Joe Sinnott

FANTASTIC FOUR #190 penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Frank Giacoia
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Mark Haslett
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Posted: 27 February 2023 at 6:57am | IP Logged | 9 post reply
Was Jack offered a chance to draw the FF again?
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Jason Czeskleba
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Posted: 27 February 2023 at 8:14am | IP Logged | 10 post reply
Mark, that was discussed earlier in this thread.  Sometime circa 1976-77, Roy Thomas offered Kirby the job of co-plotter/artist on Fantastic Four, saying he'd give him top billing and pay him for plotting (two things he did not get in the 60s).  Kirby replied that he was willing to draw the book, but he didn't want to co-plot, and he would only do it if Roy would provide detailed plots that broke the story down panel-by-panel.  Roy didn't want to work that way, so he turned down the deal.  Roy has said Kirby was wary of collaboration on writing because he felt it generally led to him doing too much of the work for too little of the money/credit.   


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Michael Penn
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Posted: 27 February 2023 at 1:05pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply
Really love the Thing on FF #190's cover.
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Eric Jansen
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Posted: 27 February 2023 at 8:41pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply
Here's the rest of Kirby's INVADERS covers!

INVADERS #3 by Jack Kirby & John Romita

INVADERS #9 by Jack Kirby & Frank Springer (that's a one-off!)

INVADERS #16 by Jack Kirby & Joe Sinnott
Man, it would have been nice to see Kirby do some complete INVADERS stories!

INVADERS #33 by Jack Kirby & Dave Cockrum (over Alan Kupperberg layouts)
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