#JackedKirby - Enter... The Buzzard!!! 💥💥💥 The character of Manhunter first appeared in Adventure Comics #Issue58 and went by the name of Paul Kirk. In #Issue73 of the series (published in April of 1942) Jack Kirby and Joe Simon took over the character and introduced another alter ego for him... Rick Nelson (although they would change it back to Paul Kirk next issue. Weirdness for another post!). But today we are gonna focus on his first villain... The Buzzard!!! 💥💥💥 The Buzzard is a costumed criminal who is making a name for himself terrorizing Empire City... robbing the rich and the police can do nothing about it! When Nelson’s good friend Officer Donovan meets his demise at the Buzzard’s hands, Nelson takes on the costumed hero persona of the Manhunter to track him down and bring him to justice!!! 💥💥💥 I love the design of this character, whose style and design looks like some future Kirby creations to come. In some ways the face looks a lot like Annihulus to me... almost insect like in its proportions. Maybe it’s the green costume that is making me think of Annihilus... he also reminds me a lot of Ditko’s early incarnations of The Vulture from the pages of Spider-Man. Either way, I love how Kirby & Simon used alternate lay out ideas and non traditional grids to bring this golden age story to life! A classic rogue... who is of course unmasked and defeated by the hero in the end!!! (Pic 4 of course!). 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #Manhunter #DCComics #AdventureComics #NationalComics #TheBuzzard #SimonAndKirby #JoeSimon #GoldenAgeComics #ComicsOfThe40s #40sComics #GoldenAge #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #IGcomics #ComicsOfIG #AnthologyComics #PaulKirk #RickNelson #KirbyVillains https://www.instagram.com/p/BzGPVV1BtHf/?igshid=1s9ic06genyar
