Monday 4 July 2016

Captain America by Jack Kirby (1976)


Steve.

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  1. Jack "king" Kirby!,the man was/is a legend in the comics industry,without him there would be no marvel comics he also did a short lived 2001 a space odyssey comic for marvel back in 76/77 which I`m sure would have spacesuits in it....and I`ve just found a pic of the cover of the 1st issue and it has kirby doing the iconic 2001 helmet
    https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/1095897.jpg
    https://starbaseatlanta.com/ebaypics/2001cb4.jpg
    While I was looking I also found this its another comic adaption of 2001 from a Howard Johnson's kids' menu,it actually doesnt look half bad and it also features the iconic suits
    http://io9.gizmodo.com/2001-a-space-odyssey-explained-on-a-1968-childs-menu-504822720
    http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/2001-space-odyssey-howard-johnsons.html
    In the second link it has a cover by kirby from a 1958 book called Race for the moon which has a guy in a suit in lunar orbit,the suit reminds me of the Destination Moon type.
    The second site looks to be very,very interesting and appears to have a lot of cool stuff with things like this:
    http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/1970s%20coloring%20book
    Heres the covers for the Race for the moon comic
    https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/835041.jpg
    https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/834975.jpg
    https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/691983.jpg
    So once again we have discovered some completely new things

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    1. cheers Tim. could have sworn I covered Kirby's 2001 but I seem not to have - I'll correct that and check out the other links above

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