#JackedKirby - The Face of Doom!!! 💥💥💥 In the early days of Marvel Jack, Stan and the rest of the Bullpen creatives were beholden to the Comics Code, a set of rules and guidelines that governed what could and couldn’t be placed (both in the art or story) in a comic book. This required some “finessing” from the creatives.... they had to find ways to both get their points across while at the same time staying within the guidelines! 💥💥💥 Jack towed that line masterfully, often times utilizing ingenious strategy to meet his requirements instead of altering what it was he wanted to draw. Case in point: The mask if Dr Doom! 💥💥💥 Doom had always been portrayed as wearing a iron mask and green hooded cloak, obscuring his facial features from the outside world... the reasoning being his face underneath was hideously scarred. Despite the fact that this trope is played up for a long time by Kirby, actual “proof” of his scarred face never appears on the pages of the FF. Instead the disfigurement is implied only... therefore being able to be part of the overall characters story without the graphic depiction that would certainly violate the Comic Code. 💥💥💥 In Fantastic Four #Issue85 (from April of 1969) we see Doom posing for an official portrait commissioned from a painter... and he is doing so with his MASK OFF! However Jack utilizes a hand mirror that Doom is viewing his visage in to block out his scarred face from the reader, once again alluding to it with not ACTUALLY showing it.... genius as usual! The code is not violated and Jack still gets to utilize his hideously scarred villain. Everyone is happy. 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #FantasticFour #FF #DrDoom #Doom #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #60sComics #ComicsOfThe60s #TheComicsCode #ComicsCode #Igcomics #igcomiccommunity #comicsofIG #ComicsOfInstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BtvwhSJBo7T/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nbtxhq5ltoiv
