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)

Kirby Bits (King Kirby 089)

It's Saturday morning, so let's enjoy some light reading -  we've got a few odds & ends from The King.
From Headline Comics #37, here's a little 1-pager from Jack Kirby & Joe Simon:

And here's a 3 page tale reprinted from Boy Commandos #12 in New Gods #4-

How about a little background on the Hairies we met the other day?

Of course, when comic artists were asked to help raise money to fight famine, Jack stepped up with these two pages for Heroes Against Hunger..

Damn nice to actually see Jack's version of Superman's face. I'm going to have to go read Super Powers and enjoy him drawing the Justice League.
Now, enjoy a full bit of Odd as Simon & Kirby bring us a tale of His Highness, The Duke Of Broadway from Black Cat Comics #7-

His Highness, The Duke Of Broadway. I hadn't encountered him before - what an odd concept. But since Black Cat was Hollywood's Glamorous Detective Star, it seems the concept was a natural fit for the book.

pages from Headline Comics #37(1949), New Gods #4(1971), Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #147(1971),Heroes Against Hunger(1986), and Black Cat Comics #7(1947)

KK100 Xword Challenge (King Kirby 088)

Welcome, once again, to our regular way of avoiding participation in Friday Night Fights.
Today we've got a very special edition of-

What's so special about it?
Well, i actually worked on this one. Today's puzzle is designed to celebrate Jack Kirby's birthday in 3 days, and you're really going to have to know your Kirby to complete it. This is no simple Kirby word search, it's the

You'll need to click & enlarge this beastie to read the numbers, and might want to print instead of writing on your monitors. To commemorate 100 years of Jack Kirby, there's 100 clues & answers to challenge your knowledge of The King. Reading the previous 87 entries in the King Kirby 100 will help some, but it won't give you all the answers. Good luck!

Across
  2    Kirby newsstand magazine. (six words)
  5    Kirby's Fourth World epic began in the comic starring this guy. (two words)
  7    X-51's Human name (two words)
  9    One of the comics that Kirby drew for Punch & Judy was Earl, The __________. (two words)
10    Kirby gave teasing hints of the Evil Factory, Kamandi, and the Mobius Chair in the first issue of this
        1957 comic. (two words)
12    Kirby's partner (two words)
13    OMAC, without Brother Eye. (two words)
14    The Boy Explorers' mentor must have done awful things in the past, because his name is Commodore
         ________.
18    Pen Name used before settling on Jack Kirby
19    Fred Drake is ________
21    Blue Bolt's sexy opponent. (two words)
23    Kirby newsstand magazine (two words)
24    In a March, 1963, story drawn by Jack Kirby & Don Heck "_______ Is Born" (two words)
30    Name of the first romantic hero in Young Romance Comics. (two words)
32    He just wanted to make Orion smile.
33    First Mister Miracle story. (three words)
35    Boy __________
36    Kirby signed his first Green Hornet cover as ________. (two words)
39    Devil's pal (two words)
43    This famous comic redhead wanted desperately to model for Jack Kirby. (two words)
45    First Fighting American story - "_____ the Spy-Ring"
48    The only story Kirby drew for Science Comics. (two words)
50    First superhero Simon & Kirby created for DC comics.
51    Better use this name, since The Watcher just doesn't quite work any more.
53    First title Simon & Kirby worked on for DC - "________ Comics"
54    Jack Kirby's name before his Origin.
56    According to Jack Kirby, this hero was him. (two words)
57    "I Was A Come-On Girl For Broken Bones, Inc." was Simon & Kirby's debut story for this title. (four
        words)
61    Jack Kirby & Joe Simon published war comic written & drawn by veterans.
66    35 Across tale that appeared in Joe Palooka - three times! (five words)
67    That other guy. (two words)
68    _______ of Danger Street
69    _________ Western Scout
73    He battled for a Three Dimensional World
74    Romance comic published by Simon & Kirby. (two words)
77    Kirby's first work for Timely/Marvel was in ______ Comics. (two words)
78    What to call if the Infinity Man is needed.
80    35 Across found "The Isle Where ________." (two words)
82    Two different Simon & Kirby stories with this same title ran in the first few issues of My Date Comics.
        (five words)
84    Kirby's Inker on Space Force
85    Kirby worked as a tweener on this character.
86    First Simon & Kirby story for DC comics "Riddle of the ________" (two words)
89    Unpublished 70s Black Romance comic, (two words)
90    Pen Name used before settling on Jack Kirby
91    Simon & Kirby owned comic about cops (two words)
92    He was High Father.
93    Novel written by Jack Kirby. (two words)
94    Kirby's first use of collage art for comics was in _________. (two words)
95    Pen Name used before settling on Jack Kirby
96    Alias used for Jack Kirby in Wordsmith (two words)
97    This Kirby superhero was born from a movie adaptation. (two words)
98    25 Down first appeared in ________ Comics.

Down
  1    Pen Name used before settling on Jack Kirby
  3    Kirby's Inker on first Marvel Silver Age Superhero
  4    __________ of the Space Force (two words)
  6    "The Buzzard's Revenge" - First Simon & Kirby story featuring ________
  8    Jack Kirby's Industry Nickname (two words)
11    Jack & ___
15    First Marvel Silver Age Superhero (two word)
16    Dan Turpin's nickname did NOT mean he was bad at his job.
17    First Superhero Jack Kirby & Joe Simon worked on together (two words)
20    83 Down was also known as "Witch Queen Of ________". (two words)
22    Jack Kirby's first story as Jack Kirby was a titled ________. (two words)
23    Simon & Kirby's Newsboy Legion first appeared in _________ Comics. (two words)
25    Boy ________
26    Jack Kirby's first cover art was for ________ Comics
27    Dark Side of the Eternals.
28    Name of The Demon
29    Dr. Vundabar's first name.
31    Jason's naughty brother.
34    Name that Kirby signed on Wing Turner. (two words)
37    Home for the Last Boy On Earth (two words)
38    Two Jack Kirby newspaper strips were collected in the first three issues of _______ Comics.
40    Kirby much preferred this book title to the 'disrespectful' team name they plastered on the covers. (three
        words)
41    The first Romance Comic was Simon & Kirby's _________ Comics. (two words)
42    ________ Comics - Publishing house owned by Simon & Kirby
44    Many years before George R.R. Martin was writing his first fan letters to the Fantastic Four, Jack
        Kirby was already having his own Red Wedding in the first issue of this 1949 comic. (two words)
46    Teen Kirby's mimeographed weekly comic was Kurtzberg's (or K's) ________.
47    "46 Hours and 36 Minutes in the Life of __________" (two words)
49    Original concept name for the Black Panther. (two words)
52    Special Investigator who delivered his TRUE crime reports to Simon & Kirby for Headline Comics.
        (three words)
55    Kirby was a ghost artist for Charles Nicholas on this hero's newspaper strip. (two words)
56    Title of Jack & Rosalind Kirby's favorite Kirby story. (two words)
58    Leader of the Howlers. (two words)
59    He was created for issue #48 of the Fantastic Four. (two words)
60    Kirby Inker on The Demon (two words)
62    First appearance of The Demon - "Unleash The __________" (three words)
63    Longest running Kirby Inker on Fantastic Four (two words)
64    Orion's ugly brother.
65    Scott might be a showman, but She always stole the show. (two words)
70    This movie renamed The Source. (two words)
71    Simon & Kirby did Guys & Dolls for _______
72    First Jack Kirby comic featuring Thor - "The Villain From _______"
75    Mister Miracle's ________ is absolutely not, in any way, based on any real person. (two words)
76    He was Simon & Kirby's character in the first issue of Wow Comics. (two words)
79    This modern day MCU Avenger is a Silver Age re-invention of the Simon & Kirby character of the
        same name from 1940. (two words)
81    Pen Name used before settling on Jack Kirby
83    Kirby's first story for Weird Mystery Tales was "_________ Phenomenon"
87    comics genre created & popularized by Simon & Kirby
88    Young Kirby drew cartoons and strips for _______ Newspaper Features.


You might need a little extra time with this one...

King Kirby 100 Crossword Challenge puzzle by -3-, with the aid of Eclipse Crossword Puzzle Maker (2017)
Background image for puzzle from Jack Kirby's painting Dream Machine