Silver Star by Jack Kirby

 First is the back cover to The Jack Kirby Collector #43, which I just saw!  What's up with that?  I think it was during the gigantor phase of the Collector, and I just passed on a lot of them, for some crazy reason.  I know the front cover has long been up on here, as it was a Silver Surfer, and I've tried to post all of Jack's surfers that I see.  Anyhoo, this is fascinat'n to me, in that Silver Star starts as  another Kirby kreation wear'n the stars 'n stripes, and quickly (second image) becomes the fleshed-out Silver Star we know and love (boatload of him up in the way-back).  If you know more about this, please holla