The Complete Jack Kirby #1 1917-1940

(1997)

Foreword (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Determination on Suffolk Street: 1917-35 (Table of Contents)

text article / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Letters:

Typeset; Jack Kirby ?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Jack Kirby

Indexer Notes

Contains childhood artwork by Jack Kirby and early unsold strip samples.

Fleisher Studios:Spring-Late 1935 (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Popeye

Indexer Notes

Contains animation pencil test that was Jack's audition for Fleisher.

Lincoln Features Syndicate 1936-39 (Table of Contents)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

contains examples of syndicated panels Jack did

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Laughs from Today's News / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (as Lawrence)

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• syndicated in weekly newspapers, 1936

Indexer Notes

syndicated panel (2)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Our Puzzle Corner / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (as Brady)

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Reprints:

• syndicated in weekly newspapers, 1936

Indexer Notes

syndicated panel (2)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Your Health Comes First! / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (as Jack Curtiss)

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Reprints:

• syndicated in weekly newspapers, 1936

Indexer Notes

syndicated panel (2)

[five editorial cartoons] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (as Jack Curtiss)

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• syndicated in weekly newspapers, 1936

Indexer Notes

syndicated panel (5)

The Romance of Money (Table of Contents)

fact story / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

H. T. Elmo

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Reprints:

• from The Romance of Money
• 1936
• HT Elmo

Indexer Notes

7 page story printed on two pages, savings bank premium

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Facts You Never Knew / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as H. T. Elmo]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

4 strips (no #,82,221,253) from 1936-39

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Socko the Seadog / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Teddy]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Socko the Seadog

Indexer Notes

4 strips; (218,220,232,236) 1937

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Socko the Seadog / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Teddy]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Socko the Seadog

Indexer Notes

5 strips interspersed with the next two features; 101-03,106-07(4/8-5/20/37)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Black Buccaneer / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Jack Curtiss]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Black Buccaneer

Keywords:

pirate

Indexer Notes

7 strips interspersed with Socko and Cyclone (4/8-5/20/37)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cyclone Burke / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Bob Brown]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Cyclone Burke

Indexer Notes

6 strips interspersed with the above 2 features (4/8-5/20/37)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Socko the Seadog / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Socko the Seadog

Indexer Notes

4 strips, #269-72 (1938)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Abdul Jones / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Ted Gray]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Abdul Jones

Indexer Notes

7 strips (1/3-1/8/39)

Universal Phoenix Features May-June 38 (Table of Contents)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Ted Gray]

Pencils:

Will Eisner (layouts;1,5,7,8); Jack Kirby

Inks:

Will Eisner (1-3,5,8);Jack Kirby (4,6)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; historical

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• from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #1 (September 1938) [pp. 1-4]
• from WAGS (British) 68-71 (p5-8)
• Mar-May 1938

Indexer Notes

based on Alexandre Dumas

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wilton of West Point / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Fred Sande]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jerry Iger; Jack Kirby (3,7,8,10-12)

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

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• from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #1 (September 1938) [pp. 1-4], #2 (October 1938) [pp. 5-8], #3 (November 1938) [pp. 9-12]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Diary of Dr Hayward / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Curt Davis]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby (3-7,9-12); ? (1,2,8)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jerry Iger; Jack Kirby (3,7-12)

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

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• from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #1 (September 1938) [pp. 1-4], #2 (October 1938) [pp. 5-8], #3 (November 1938) [pp. 9-12]

Associated Features Syndicate: May-July 1938 (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Lightnin' And The Lone Rider / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby)

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider

Indexer Notes

teaser strips promoting the new comic strip

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Lightnin' And The Lone Rider / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Lance Kirby]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby)

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider

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• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #61

Indexer Notes

promo piece for new series beginning the next issue

["Whoopee, the Round-Up Is On!"] (Table of Contents)

Lightnin' And The Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby)

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider

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• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #62 (September 1939)

["The Lone Rider surveys Hutch Kruger's cabin"] (Table of Contents)

Lightnin' And The Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby [as Lance Kirby]

Inks:

Jack Kirby [as Lance Kirby]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider

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• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #63 (October 1939)

["while the Lone Rider deals with Hutch Kruger"] (Table of Contents)

Lightnin' And The Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby)

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider

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• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #64 (November 1939)

["I'm sorry about my gun sheriff"] (Table of Contents)

Lightnin' And The Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby)

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider

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• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #65

["And now Senor Sheriff I must go"] (Table of Contents)

Lightnin' And The Lone Rider / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby)

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider

Indexer Notes

proof prints for unpublished(?) strips intended for 2/14-2/18/39

TEM Publishing: Early 1940 (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

[Black Michael] (Table of Contents)

Solar Legion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Introduction-Adam Starr; introduction-Black Michael

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• from Crash Comics Adventures (Temerson / Helnit / Continental, 1940 series) #1 (May 1940)

Indexer Notes

Jack's first story intended for a color comic book

Fox Feature Syndicate: 1939-40 (Table of Contents)

text article / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

The Rooftop Shadow (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / filler / 0.2 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Charles Nicholas]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby [as Charles Nicholas]

Inks:

Jack Kirby [as Charles Nicholas]

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle

Reprints:

• strip reprint 1/15/40

Killer in the Corner (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / filler / 0.2 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Charles Nicholas]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby [as Charles Nicholas]

Inks:

Jack Kirby [as Charles Nicholas]

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle

Reprints:

• strip reprint 1/16/40

Wonderworld Comics #8 (Table of Contents)

The Flame / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #8 (December 1939)

Mystery Men #8 (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #8 (March 1940)

Marvel Comics #1 (Table of Contents)

Human Torch / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Frank R Paul

Inks:

Frank R Paul

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #1 [1st printing] (October 1939)

Science Comics #1 (Table of Contents)

Cosmic Carson / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Joe Simon

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

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• from Science Comics (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (February 1940)

Mystery Men Comics #10 (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Joe Simon

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #10 (May 1940)

The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses (Table of Contents)

Fiery Mask / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon

Pencils:

Joe Simon

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Simon

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Introduction-Fiery Mask

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• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

[Wing is testing a new Hanson-38] (Table of Contents)

Wing Turner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Floyd Kelly [Jack Kirby?]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

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• from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #10 (May 1940)

Keywords:

airplanes

[Death Strikes In the Martian Night] (Table of Contents)

Cosmic Carson / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby [as Michael Griffith]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Introduction-Cosmic Carson; Introduction-Iako; Introduction-Elramis

Synopsis:

Death stalks the Martian Night!

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• from Science Comics (Fox, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940)

Champion Comics #8 (Table of Contents)

Duke O'Dowd / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Joe Simon

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Duke O'Dowd [the Human Meteor]

Reprints:

• from Champion Comics (Harvey, 1939 series) #8 (June 1940)

[Adam organizes a Space Police system] (Table of Contents)

Solar Legion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Adam Starr; Introduction-Solar Legion; Introduction-Arthak

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• from Crash Comics Adventures (Temerson / Helnit / Continental, 1940 series) #2 (June 1940)

Indexer Notes

chopped up from a proposed newspaper strip

Novelty Press: 1940 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Blue Bolt / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon

Pencils:

Joe Simon

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty, 1940 series) #v1#1 [1] (June 1940)

Indexer Notes

one page excerpt from first Blue Bolt story

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Blue Bolt / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

H. E. Rowland

Inks:

H. E. Rowland

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#2 [2] (July 1940)

["The Cylclotron is My Greatest Achievement"] (Table of Contents)

Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (1,2,4,5); Joe Simon (3,6-10)

Inks:

Jack Kirby (4,5) Joe Simon (1-3,6-10)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Simon

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Blue Bolt; Dr Bertoff; Green Sorceress

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#2 [2] (July 1940)

Champion Comics #9 (Table of Contents)

Human Meteor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Duke O'Dowd [the Human Meteor]

Reprints:

• from Champion Comics (Harvey, 1939 series) #9 (July 1940)

[Search for Julie Wade] (Table of Contents)

Solar Legion / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Adam Starr; Black Michael

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Crash Comics Adventures (Temerson / Helnit / Continental, 1940 series) #3 (July 1940)

Indexer Notes

chopped up version of story originally prepared for comic strip

["That looks like fire"] (Table of Contents)

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider; John Prescott

Synopsis:

John Prescott if ambushed by Caleb Stone's men

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #72

Blue Bolt #3 (Table of Contents)

Blue Bolt / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Joe Simon

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Blue Bolt

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#3 [3] (August 1940)
• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#3 [3] (August 1940)

[The Green Sorceress reforms] (Table of Contents)

Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (1,2,7,10); Joe Simon (3-6,8,9)

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Green Sorceress; Blue Bolt; Dr Bertoff; Count Gorth

Synopsis:

Dr Bertoff cures the Green Sorceress of her evil nature

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#3 [3] (August 1940)
• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#3 [3] (August 1940)

Champion #10 (Table of Contents)

Duke O'Dowd / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Duke O'Dowd [the Human Meteor]

Reprints:

• from Champion Comics (Harvey, 1939 series) #10 (August 1940)

["Old John Prescott finally succumbs"] (Table of Contents)

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby [as Lance Kirby]

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider

Synopsis:

Lone Rider vows to avenge the murder of John Prescott

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• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #73 (August 1940)

Timely Publications April 1940-Jan 1941 (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Rawhide Kid #38 (Table of Contents)

Rawhide Kid / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Rawhide Kid; Red Raven

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• from The Rawhide Kid (Marvel, 1960 series) #38 (February 1964)

Red Raven #1 (Table of Contents)

Red Raven / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Red Raven

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• from Red Raven Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (August 1940)

[Mercury Comes to Earth] (Table of Contents)

Mercury In the 20th Century / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Burstein [as Martin Bursten] (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jupiter; Mercury; Pluto; Minerva

Synopsis:

Mercury descends from Olympus to stop Pluto's dream from conquering the world as Adolph Hitler

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• from Red Raven Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (August 1940)

Indexer Notes

Harry Mendryk disputes Theakston's Kirby inking credit at http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/621

[The Solar Engine] (Table of Contents)

Comet Pierce / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Introduction-Comet Pierce; Introduction- Avis Jort; Introduction-Queen Laraina

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• from Red Raven Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (August 1940)