Color To B&W To Color by Jack Kirby

First the beaut centerspread from Kirby Unleashed, then five years after that, the black 'n white version on the covers of the Museum a Comic Art, then 2 decades later, the pencils of Odin from the Black Book Valentine to Roz, then 3 decades later (now) we get to see it colored.  Have I said how much I dig colorful stuff changed to black 'n white?  Every time I try, it's just greytone

 

New Superman by Jim Steranko!

Yeah, yeah, just new to me.  Course I dug the 1000th cover of Action Comics in the not-so-distant, and the great story in the great Superman #400 in the way-back, but that first one is Daily Planet to me.  #news to me

 

Johnny Thunder by Gil Kane

Once again, hafta say I'm so broke I can't even pay attention, but I had no idea

 

Perfectly Frank Berni Wrightson

Berni grokked Frankenstein more than anyone before or since, methinks, and the art he did of the creature is onea the pillars (along with Swamp Thing) of his amaz'n work.  Here we see the visualization of Mary's sharpest facet of her creation, the exquisite anguish of the creature realiz'n the travesty of his very existence.  While there's much to be said for the adage "the unexamined life isn't worth living," I don't know if it holds for the creature's contemplation of himself.  Only the first image is new on here

 

Strange Tales #158 Splash by Jim Steranko

Just an amazeballs picture.  Steranko anatomy was it's own paradigm, unique from anything we knew before, and besides everything else happen'n here, this is onea the best or maybe THE best Steranko machinery panel.  Speak'n of paradigms, remember that long moment when comics were 20 cents?  Some of my favorite covers have that price etched across them

 

Tangling Up Torbin by Gil Kane

Star Hawks gave us a ton a great images, but I particularly like this image of the giant being snagged

 

Batman by John Fantucchio

Been put'n up Fantucchio pretty much from the get-go, but I don't think I had any Batman by him the first fiteen years on here (wow-time flies when you're hav'n fun!).  First is my fav Batman that John did, a beauty sketch for the kid who had just started The Buyer's Guide For Comic Fandom-Alan Light (and then the cover of the newspaper adzine issue 2 in which that sketch appeared, another beaut by Dennis Fujitake, and the first time I'd seen HIS work)