Comments on: Jack Kirby Lost Drawing of Firestorm http://firestormfan.com/2013/04/09/jack-kirby/ The Source for DC Comics' Nuclear Man - Firestorm! Tue, 04 Jan 2022 23:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Shag http://firestormfan.com/2013/04/09/jack-kirby/comment-page-1/#comment-115113 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:54:31 +0000 http://firestormfan.com/?p=7839#comment-115113 Thanks for all the comments!

@Ken – Like you, I didn’t appreciate Kirby in my younger years. It took a while to realize his importance to the comic genre.

@Steven – Firestorm in the foreground does appear a bit off. And love your description! :)

@Frank – Just another example of J’Onn’s biased against Firestorm. First JLA #200, now this.

@Luke – Totally agree! The first issue cover of Firestorm by Al Milgrom looks like a Kirby drawing (or at least Kirby inspired)!

@Keith – Superman’s eyes in the pencils are frightening! :)

]]> By: Keith Samra http://firestormfan.com/2013/04/09/jack-kirby/comment-page-1/#comment-115105 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:09:30 +0000 http://firestormfan.com/?p=7839#comment-115105 Holy Crap! I thought that was Bizarro in the pencilled page, turns out to actually be Superman…
As for Firestorm, maybe he transmuted glass infront of him during the time the pencils went to inks.

]]> By: Luke Jaconetti http://firestormfan.com/2013/04/09/jack-kirby/comment-page-1/#comment-115032 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:48:19 +0000 http://firestormfan.com/?p=7839#comment-115032 Kirby would be a good match to Firestorm… Matchhead looks like a New Gods style chacter to begin with, so he would have translated to the King’s pencils well.

]]> By: Frank http://firestormfan.com/2013/04/09/jack-kirby/comment-page-1/#comment-114991 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:40:48 +0000 http://firestormfan.com/?p=7839#comment-114991 Well, it’s also clear that Theakston took major liberties in inking the panel. Aside from the layout, I can’t see how a single figure wasn’t repositioned/face redrawn/etc. As for J’Onn leaving Firestorm under glass… well… his head is on fire, you know.

]]> By: Steven Marsh http://firestormfan.com/2013/04/09/jack-kirby/comment-page-1/#comment-114986 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:27:27 +0000 http://firestormfan.com/?p=7839#comment-114986 My guess — pulled out of a hat — is that the editor might have felt the composition was off. If Martian Manhunter is freeing Superman followed by Red Tornado, he’s presumably going from right to left. If so, why didn’t he free Firestorm first? (“Sorry, Match-Head; but Superman gets priority… then Red Tornado… Wonder Woman… B’wana Beast… Detective Chimp… Aquaman… Look, I’ll probably free you sometime after Goody Rickles. But I need to help a friend move a couch first.”)

]]> By: Ken Deemer http://firestormfan.com/2013/04/09/jack-kirby/comment-page-1/#comment-114924 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:15:54 +0000 http://firestormfan.com/?p=7839#comment-114924 BTW, here is a list of Characters Jack Kirby created!
http://www.marvunapp.com/list/appkirby.htm
If you weren’t a Fan before, this might help understand this man’s place in the Comic Book Universe!

]]> By: Ken Deemer http://firestormfan.com/2013/04/09/jack-kirby/comment-page-1/#comment-114923 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:14:12 +0000 http://firestormfan.com/?p=7839#comment-114923 I never appreciated Kirby until well After his Prime. Now, like many artists I can see the influence of his works around today! I’ve gained a respect for the legend that is Jack Kirby! The Mighty Thor, Avengers, FF, New Gods, Dr. Doom, Machine Man, etc. Anything he drew was GOLD! Would have loved to seen Firestorm make it to print!
I met him at a Con back in the Mid 80’s Chicago Con or Mid Ohio, maybe St. Louis I don’t recall, but what a Nice guy! Didn’t really get a Ton of attention, but I think he was OK with that. I’d love to see Marvel give him a Nod (Maybe a Picture on a Desk or a Few of his books in plain site) in Any of the upcoming Avengers/Thor Movies!

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