The Space Guardian by John Fantucchio

wow.  Just saw this ad for The Champion #7 fanzine in ANOTHER fanzine, and I'm lov'n that it had a Fantucchio I'd never seen, but acourse I want moremoremore.  Here's the other SG on here from the wayback, when I thought Steranko came up with him.  If I'm read'n right, though, Big John created this guy, and I'm hoping he's as abundant as Mysterious Hero.  If you can lead me to more, please holla

 

Black Bolt Business by Jack Kirby

First is another splash from The Silver Age Of Comic Book Art, then the image from the get-go

 

The Enemies of the Colony Splash by Wally Wood

aaaaand the best view of the centanks that came from that story (there was another centank earlier in the tale, but he was just a bobble head smok'n a pipe, and this guy looks like what a half man/ half tank SHOULD look like

 

Ming The Merciless VS Flash Gordon by John Fantucchio

Oh, my heck!  When this post title has been up here before, it was always about the che great Collector fanzine cover, not this pic that;s been around since 1968 as part of a fanzine's photo spread from a convention

 

Father's Day by Jack Kirby

As a dad, I see elements of both these dads in myself.  Speak'n of dad-do you know why you can't run through a campground?  You can only ran through a campground, cause it's past tense (past tents).  Steranko once told a dad joke during a fanzine interview in the early seventies:  "I went to the doctor the other day, and he said I had Parkinson's Disease...and Parkinson had mine!"  Dark, but still a classic dad joke

 

Seven Million Views! Thanks, Folks!

These milestones are coming fast and furious now.  Kinda reminds me of get'n old

 

Unused Black Krackle by Jack Kirby

This Black Panther splash didn't make it into the comic, which is a shame to me, as I've always dug me some Kirby Krackle.  Late last century, I was at the comic shop re-purchasing some BPs when Steve made an astute observation while ring'n me up.  "This may well be the most under-rated comic series of all time," he said.  Way before the movies, and pretty spot-on, I thought, but Steve was always more than a "comic shop guy."  He was my Obi-Wan of comics.  He saw me picking up some Stalkers, and led me to the Jungle Jims where Wally Wood and Ditko had first teamed up.  He led me to Web O Horror and Kirby Unleashed (befoe eBay!).  Bazillion other treasures, too, but mainly I miss his words of wisdom.

Anyhoo, I got another Cap'n's Non-Prize bubbl'n over here.  Of the twelve issues of Kirby's Black Panther, which splash replaced this jewel? Diversions of the Groovy Kind has had all the splashes up for 16 years, if that can assist