Happy Birthday, Mr. Kirby! (King Kirby 093)

"On The 28th Day of the August month,

The King was delivered unto the world..."

Here's my 1000 word essay on Jack Kirby to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth:

All Hail The King

King Kirby 100 by -3- (2017)

Sunday Afternoon WTFunnies? (King Kirby 092)

In an earlier edition of Sunday Morning Funnies during the King Kirby 100 we featured a story entitled Spider-Man Tickles The Torch!
Let's look at another related story-

One might ask just how this is related to the previous story, beyond both having Jack Kirby riding pencils.
We've seen how gifted Kirby was with his comic stylings when called upon, and yet there's absolutely no sign of it in either story. The same holds true for Wally Wood's tone in the inks. There's a very simple reason for that. In both cases, Jack wasn't drawing comedy.
In the tradition of Fractured Flickers, the folks at Crazy magazine took old stories and "re-dubbed" them with new dialogue tracks. Of course, "the folks at Crazy magazine" was Marvel Comics, so they had a vault of old tales to use.
Here's the original version of the story above, from Journey Into Mystery #51-

And here's the original version of Spider-Man Tickles The Torch! Kirby & Steve Ditko from Amazing Spider-Man #8:

I like to think that Jack actually got paid for the re-use of his work, and that - unlike some other times - approved of the changes.
But somehow i doubt it.

pages from Journey Into Mystery #51 (1955) and Crazy #s 66 & 82 (1980, 1982)

Son Of Sunday Morning Funnies (King Kirby 091)

Sunday Morning Funnies. You know how this works by now, right? Them toony thangs.

So let's get right to it with an Odd Jack Kirby drawn strip from Cracked magazine:

Okay. That was silly. But not as silly as this-

For today's main feature, we turn once again to Not Brand Echh. Back in the days when Johnny Storm was dating Crystal of the Inhumans, time came when...

Gee.... think Johnny Storm will show up on the Inhumans tv show? Yeah, sure.

Moving right along... 
To wrap things up this morning, here's a 2-pager intended for the never published 2nd issue of In The Days Of The Mob. It looks like Jack was joining (replacing?) Sergio Aragones in the comedy department for that next issue...

Now go enjoy your day with a smile.

all page art by Jack Kirby from Cracked #14 (1960), From Here To Insanity #11 (1955), Not Brand Echh #6 (1968) and Amazing World Of DC Comics #10 (1976)

Saturday Solutions 006 (King Kirby 090)

You didn't come here looking for the answers to yesterdays' King Kirby 100 Crossword Challenge, did you? I said i was going to give you extra time to work on that one.

So, let's try to pierce the Veil and turn to The King for some other solutions, shall we?

Mr. Kirby - um....
How does one see so far, as You did?

Okay. That's not quite what i meant.
Your vision seemed so wide ranging - how do we perceive the worlds around us with the clarity You demonstrated?

All right. Obviously, this isn't the right line of inquiry. Let's take this in a different direction -
How can one live beyond death, as You have done?

Well, that's more interesting. Now You've got me thinking about some of Your other creations. After hearing this tale, i wonder what Captain America would have been like if it was a western, like BullsEye...

Well, that's pretty cool - An American Icon x 2. Makes me wonder what he would have been like if Cap had been around earlier - at the formation of the USA?

Ha! The Red Skull makes it glorious!
I don't think the Veil will stay parted much longer... One last answer -
How did Thor earn the right to weild Mjolnir? How did he prove he was worthy? Did he just walk up and grab the hammer, or were there some sort of trials?

all page art by Jack Kirby & co. from Classics Illustrated Special #165a (1961), BullsEye #6 (1955), Marvel Treasury Special #1 (1976), and Journey Into Mystery #100 (1964)