Sunday, June 26, 2011

Fantastic Four 93

FF #93 from Dec. 1969.  "At the Mercy of Torgo" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
The Skrull gangster world.

Fantastic Four 92

FF #92 from Nov. 1969.  "Ben Grimm, Killer" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
It's Magno-Man!  Ben rolls his eyes.  Can you blame him?

Fantastic Four 91

FF #91 from Oct. 1969.  "The Thing...Enslaved" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
 How do you carry your slaves...
...in a "slave truck" of course.

Fantastic Four 90

FF #90 from Sept. 1969.  "The Skrull Takes a Slave" by Lee and Kirby.
Reed:  The legal expert!   (I guess assault and battery isn't a crime in the Marvel Universe)

Fantastic Four 89

FF #89 from August 1969.  "The Madness of the Mole Man" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Uh-oh.  Someone has to give Reed mouth-to-mouth!  Ben volunteers...of course.
Kirby can't bring himself to actually draw Ben and Reed touching lips.  
Wait.  Ben doesn't have lips. How can you give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation if you don't have lips.

Fantastic Four 88

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Fantastic Four 88.  "A House There Was."
Now that's a well-dressed super hero team!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Fantastic Four 87

FF #87 from June 1969. "The Power and the Pride" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Probably my favorite cover from the Jack Kirby era:
Dr. Doom invites you to join him for a lovely meal.
Hauptmann just wouldn't watch his mouth.  Zap... he's dead.  Poor Hauptmann.