Sunday, May 31, 2026

Kaleida Smith by George Metzger

Far-freak'n-out.  Can you dig it?  Too hip to trip

 

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Feetlebaum Fanzine Cover by Jack Kirby

Another reminder for me that Doc Doom was always just inches away from high comedy



 

Trapped On Earth by Gil Kane

Stuck in a dead-end job?  We shouldn't beat ourselves up-we may have just picked the wrong earth



 

Friday, May 29, 2026

Colorful John Fantucchio

















Yeah, yeah, the only new image on here AIN'T colorful

 

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Race For The Moon #2 Contents Page by Jack Kirby


Wouldn't ya know it?  My fav spaceman from the wholr RFTM magilla doesn't even have his own story, just this lone image.  First time I saw it, I thought another spaceship was cruis'n past just behind his right hip, but a moment later, realized it was sump'n sump'n spacey yet useful hanging off his belt

 

Monday, May 25, 2026

Nick Fury #6 Cover by Jim Steranko



Only thing new here is the first image, from Portfolio 1 a coupla years after the cover and a few years before the FOOM mini-poster.  The whenwherewhathow on the second image is a big dunno for me



 

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Another Thermal Man by Jack Kirby

Had a robust Thermal Man post in the wayback, but I forgot this unused page from the Marvelmania Portfolio.  Taint very thermal anyhow, but che great looks at Fandal and Balder The Fraidy-Cat (errr-Balder The Brave) and Hogun

 

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Culled Kulls by Barry Smith




Only the first image is new on here.  If you see somea the waybacks on here, you'll see I've always dug the lush finishes Wally Wood brought to Kull #1, and of course "there's no Severin like a Kull Severin," but, man, I so woulda loved Barry doing some Kull Komics



 

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Under Da Sea by Wally Wood

Only the first is new on here, but, man, please embiggen that one.  I saw the Daredevil splash long before I knew of an Undersea City book cover, so I was all discombobulated to realize the book came 7 years before the comic 







 

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Good Grief! by Jack Kirby

A week ago (exactly), I put up the best Chall-Town, but this one's none too shabby, neither.  From Showcase #11, sounds like the Challengers of the Unknown talked a lot like Charlie Brown back in the fifties.  If you haven't noticed over the years, my version of Good Grief! is Oh My Heck!  Basically, none of us want to be accused of having a potty mouth.  Funny thing is, almost daily in kindergarten, my teachers had to wash my mouth out with soap



 

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Silver Age Atom by Gil kane

At the beginning (roughly) of the century, I finally made it to Portland, and my one and only visit to the legendary Powell's Book Store.  Saw a ton of amazeball books there, including a stack of the over-sized coffe-table book The Silver Age of Comic Book Art.  On sale for five books.  Nice.  I often wonder why the heck I didn't hold onto it, but, hey, there's a lot more precious stuff out there than this that I sold for a moment's pleasure, so no surprise.  The book was full of these wonderful giant two-page splashes by Kirby, Ditko, Kirby, Steranko, Kirby, Adams, Kirby, and Kane





 

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Al Williamson Archives Vol. 2 Cover

Luv star'n at this one (please embiggen)!  After his Flash Gordon stuff, I think this is my fav picture by Al, and that's say'n a lot for me, cause those Fleagles working on EC projects did just amazeballs stuff.  Speaking of Fleagles, Angelo Torres needs a better look on here, methinks



 

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Chall-Town by Jack Kirby

Second image up before (if you haven't seen New Jack Cities before, please look em up), but I think the first image is new on here.  Both are the splash from The Challengers of the Unknown #4, when the Challs go to the future.  My copy is from the reprints of the super special some 2 decades after, so I'm wonder'n if those first colors are from 1958.  Whatever, cause I dig em both



 

Monday, May 11, 2026

Teleported Television Antennae by Rich Corben

I kinda knew of these odd rooftop decorations before he drew them, maybe cause I grew up with similar items on every roof