#JackedKirby - The Human Dragon!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Upon the break up of the Simon-Kirby partnership in the mid 50s Jack went through a period of freelancing for pretty much any company that would have him. He did the Black Rider, Fu Manchu and a few scattered tales for Atlas Comics (the precursor to Marvel) and also did some spot jobs for National Comics (the future DC) including Green Arrow and Challengers of the Unknown, as well as some stories/covers for the anthology comic House of Mystery. 🔥🔥🔥 The first issue of House of Mystery that Jack contributed to was #Issue65 from August of 1957. He completed the cover as well as the pencils for the corresponding story, The Human Dragon! In the credits Kirby is given inking credit for the cover, but it may have been inked by his wife Roz!!! The story was either inked by Jack or compatriot George “Inky” Roussos.... 🔥🔥🔥 The story follows a college student, Gary, who is fascinated with a carnival act featuring a fire breathing man... so he dedicates his life to perfection a potion to give him this power! He becomes The Human Dragon... but then he realizes that this power may not be all that it’s cracked up to be!!! He desperately wants to find a cure, but for years he comes up empty until he meets renown scientist Jonas Welkly. Can Welkly really cure Gary... or does he just want to control and exploit his fire breathing powers??? 🔥🔥🔥 A great early contribution to the sci-go/horror anthology market from the King!!!! 🔥🔥🔥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #HouseOfMystery #ComicAnthology #AnthologyComics #HorrorComics #SciFiComics #DCComics #NationalComics #GeorgeRoussos #RozKirby #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #IGComics #IGComicCommunity #ComicsOfThe50s #50sComics #ComicsOfIG #ComicsOfInstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BmwP5GRn-0b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wnrp54whzehx