#JackedKirby - The House Ad that Sold a Million Comics!!!! 💥💥💥 Here is a house ad that ran in #Issue1 of the Incredible Hulk (published in May of 1962). It is referencing Fantastic Four #Issue1 which had came out a few months earlier but was still being milked for al they could get out of it. 💥💥💥 The book was becoming a huge hit, and by #Issue3 of the FF it had been given the title “The Greatest Comic Book Magazine in the WORLD!” By Stan Lee. As they began to roll out new comics (like the solo Hulk book this ad was featured in!) they began cross promoting their big sellers to broaden their appeal. This helped establish the characters as living in a connected company structure... something Kirby & Lee has envisioned for the future of their creations. 💥💥💥 Notice the ad for Amazing Adult Fantasy, an anthology book at the time that was facing floundering sales and Lee hoped to invigorate with an association to the more popular FF and Hulk characters. The magazine would continue to founder, but it would eventually launch Spider-Man with #Issue15... another monumental moment in the Marvel Universe! 💥💥💥 I recently saw this ad in the @twomorrowspubs book Stuff Said and then also found it referenced by @rand.hoppe of the @kirbymuseum in an online article. It is supposedly some of the earliest known existing FF art still around.... 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #HouseAd #FantasticFour #FF #IncredibleHulk #AmazingFantasy #StanLee #LeeAndKirby #MarvelComics #Ads #ComicAds #Comic #Comics #ComicBooks #ComicBook #IGComics #IGcomicCommunity #60sComics #ComicsOfThe60s #TwoMorrows #StuffSaid https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs8ViQUh0c6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iui2uda2koyh