#JackedKirby - Roc, The Magic Dragon!!!! 🐲🐉🐲 One of Hack’s lesser discussed but very important co-creations has to be Challengers of the Unknown for National Comics (would later become DC Comics). The four man adventure team of Rocky, Prof, Ace and Red are not only a distinct part of DC history, but they are the supposed prototype that Jack based his Fantastic Four pitch on over at Marvel a few years later. But it also represented the return to National for Jack after doing some sporadic Sandman issues in the 40s... 🐉🐲🐉 The team 1st appeared in the pages of the Showcase anthology comic, but due to their overwhelming popularity they quickly received their own book. It premiered in May of 1958 and was bi-monthly. But this awesome dragon appeared in #Issue2 from July of 1958!!! 🐉🐲🐉 In the story the team is on the tail of a villain named Roc who is eluding them and is rumored to be on a deserted island... however there is a one small problem. Roc has a machine that allows whatever he thinks to come to life... on some real Ghostbusters type stuff Roc dreams up a Dragon and a giant Gorilla to hold off the guys!!! I highlighted the Dragon cause it’s bad ass, in all it’s majestic purple Kirby glory!!! 🐉🐲🐉 A precursor to the dozens of dragons, dinosaurs and creatures Jack would draw in the coming years for the pages of Timely’s (Marvel’s) monster comic anthology’s, Roc’s Dragon is a beauty... really menacing and a beautiful red/purple color scheme. Another cool tidbit about this particular issue is that Jack receives sole writer and pencilled credits for the book... one of the earlier dual credits of his career!!! 🐲🐉🐲 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #ChallengersOfTheUnknown #Challengers #DC #NationalComics #TimelyComics #Marvel #Dragons #KirbyMonsters #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #IGcomics #IGComicCommunity #ShowcaseComics #50sComics #ComicsOfThe50s https://www.instagram.com/p/BsN7S_2h6j8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e862sezgpb3j
