Wednesday 28 August 2013

A Salute to Jack Kirby: The King's Return to Captain America

It is Jack Kirby's birthday, he would have been 96 years old today.  It is impossible to overstate Jack's contribution to comics or twentieth century culture for that matter. Here is a small salute to the King.

PFC Jacob Kurtzberg (1945)
Criticised at the time, Jack's mid seventies run on Captain America is one of my fondest Bronze Age memories.  So in honour of the King's birthday here is a trip down memory lane:

Captain America #193 (January 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: John Romita
Captain America #194 (February 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: John Verpoorten
Captain America #195 (March 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Frank Giacoia
Captain America #196 (April 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Frank Giacoia
Captain America #197 (May 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: John Verpoorten
Captain America #198 (June 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Frank Giacoia
Captain America #199 (July 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Frank Giacoia
Captain America #200 (August 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Frank Giacoia
Captain America #201 (September 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Frank Giacoia
Captain America #202 (October 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Frank Giacoia and/or Dan Adkins
Captain America #203 (November 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Frank Giacoia
Captain America #204 (December 1976)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: John Verpoorten
Captain America #205 (January 1977)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Joe Sinnott
Captain America #206 (February 1977)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Frank Giacoia
Captain America #207 (March 1977)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby and John Romita, inks: Frank Giacoia and John Romita
Captain America #208 (April 1977)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Joe Sinnott
Captain America #209 (May 1977)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: John Verpoorten
Captain America #210 (June 1977)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: John Verpoorten
Captain America #211 (July 1977)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: John Verpoorten or Mike Royer
Captain America #212 (August 1977)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: John Verpoorten
Captain America #213 (September 1977)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: John Verpoorten

Captain America #214 (October 1977)
Pencil Art by Jack Kirby, inks: Frank Giacoia
Please remember the King today and read some Kirby!

5 comments:

  1. A fitting tribute to the artist who created or co-created so many iconic characters and series. Without him, there might have been no Marvel Comics in the Silver and Bronze Ages. At the very least, the Golden and Silver Ages would have been very different, and the poorer for it.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you for selecting all these wonderful covers of my grandfather Jack. I will enthusiastically post this link on my kirby4heroes Facebook page!

      Delete
    2. Thank you for taking the time to post on my blog! Any tribute I could post for Jack Kirby would be woefully inadequate in expressing the joy and wonder his work has brought to the lives of millions of people. Your grandfather was a true titan of the twentieth century.

      Delete
  2. Cool to hear from Miss Kirby here. It is a nice tribute and some fantastic covers from a run I really enjoyed. I associate this stuff with a lot of great memories.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. A visit from a member of the Kirby family makes the blog worthwhile. Thanks for your kind comments.

      Delete