#JackedKirby - Headshot.... 💥💥💥 I am currently reading (this is Mike) the run of Forever People and I am completely blown away by how great this book is. The forgotten 4th World title, The Forever People definitely has a firm place in Kirby’s overall 4th World arc and in some cases does more then its Mister Miracle/New Gods counterpart titles in developing the 4th World myth is... especially when it comes to Darkseid and his minions! 💥💥💥 The issue revolves around Desaad, Darkseid’s lieutenant and main torturer. Desaad creates Happyland, a torturous theme park meant to bring pain and suffering to its visitors. This concept on its own is pretty amazing... and proceeds Marvel’s Arcade character and his similar shenanigans by about 7 years! Claremont & Byrne we’re clearly inspired by Jack when they introduced Murderworld & Arcade In 1978! 💥💥💥 This opening page special (of course!) shows the team hiding in the shadows of Happyland, formulating a plan on how to escape. From left to right we have Mark Moonrider, Vykin the Black, Beautiful Dreamer, Big Bear And Serifan. Desaad has stolen the teams Mother Box and he is trying to “execute” it (Mother Boxes are ALIVE after all) so the team needs to get it back and get outta there. Kirby once again goes back to one of his favorite character designs, the headshot... he uses the close up headshot so effectively on every book he ever did! 💥💥💥 Pic 2 is kinda cool to me because in his credit box Kirby was strutting his stuff. Since coming over to DC he had Carte Blanche... he was the only creative person working on the development of his books. Writing and Penciling the stories, editing his own work, picking out backup reprint stories from his past work and also providing covers... he really was in charge of it all. One thing he always hated doing was inking... so he was happy to enlist his old Thor compatriot (the often maligned) Vince Colletta for the task. I think Colletta’s inks work well on this early 4th World stuff... but he is often criticized for taking too many shortcuts and even erasing some of Jack’s initial pencils. #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #ForeverPeople #4thWorld #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #DC https://www.instagram.com/p/B08aeVVhYwO/?igshid=187jwlvr3izz8
