Near Mint Cover To The First Comic Con Program by Jack Kirby

In 1970 San Diego, this was probly no big whoop, just another Kosmic Kover by the King, but 56 years later, I still get stoked when I see this anew.  Dunno if it was an error, but the far-out flyer in the first image actually has rosy cheeks

 

Portable Language Translator by Roy Krenkel

This is from that Fun With Fleagles (that is, EC) era, so the need fror such technology  would have been apparent, just to know what the heck was Spa Fon and Squa Tront.  I wonder if Roy would have been amazed, or just "well, obviously" to learn we can do such translations on our tiny smartypants (er, smartphones), ala Kirby's Mother Box

 

Avengers #66 Cover (Not!) by Barry Smith

First image is new on here, which is bizarre to me.  This unused cover has been up a few times in the wayback, but never that "closest-to-the-original-art-that-I've-seen" version, which was nestled in my files dated early January 2008, exactly two years before "da blog" started!  weird

 

(Don't Fear) The Reaper by Jim Steranko

I dig these scythes.  They harken me back to all the great weapons Steranko gave his barbarians.  If you know of more Steranko Scythes, please holla.  {Don't Fear) The Reaper was written and sung by Buck Dharma in 1976, after he learned in his twenties that he had an irregular heartbeat.  He's now almost 80

 

The Overlord's Minions by John Buscema

The sketch has squat to do with the 2 pages from Silver Surfer #6....or does it?  Couldn't the minions been given some kinda Cap'n America serum, or swolen up from Overlord radiation, or, gee, I dunno...started work'n out?  Anyhoo, it's probly just me, but I just saw the sketch, and it took me back to my favorite henchmen

 

Visions #3 Fanzine Cover by Al Williamson

First is Al's pencil sketch from the early 50a, a beatiful homage to Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon.  Then we see the fanzine cover from some 3 decades later.  They shoulda kept Buster's face in the picture, in my opine.  By the by, did you know scientists recently cross-bred a crab with a cheetah?  Yeah, that whole thing went sideways really fast

 

Wally Wood and Jack Kirby Ads In TBG #4

There may have been other fanzines/ adzines before The Buyer's Guide for Comic Fandom, but TBG was che awesome when it came on the scene.  I remember receiving #4 in the mail and being bummed that it had no real cover (only time that happened early on), but the ads more than made up for it.  First image is the ad for Wally's poster that was available from Graphic Fantasy, then the poster itself.  Third image is the ad for Train of Thought, then the cover, and finally, my best attempt at show'n you the next time we saw  Kirby's Red Skull in TBG, some 2 decades later.  If you know any details on that issue, please holla