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Count Dragorin by Tom Scioli
Double-page spread from Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen No. 143 (DC Comics, 1971). Art by Jack Kirby.
#JackedKirby - Welcome to Transilvane!!! Jack was fascinated with monsters and the occult, and he often found ways to work versions of them into his works. This issue of Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen we see Supes and Jimmy visit Transilvane, a small planet that is filled with horrific creatures! #Issue142 was published in August of 1971, and features villains Dragorgin the vampire and also a werewolf! Pretty great Kirby versions of these classic monster characters... creepy as hell. Personally I think Jack's werewolf looks more like a werelion, but it's still insanely scary. I really like the creepiness of his Vampire as well. A good lead up to Halloween!!! #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #KirbyMonsters #Vampires #Werewolves #Transilvane #Superman #JimmyOlsen #Comic #ComicBooks #ComicsOfIG #ComicsOfInstagram #70sComics #ComicsOfThe70s #DC #DCComics #InstaArt #InstaGood #InstaComics
#sketch_dailies my favorite #Dracula from #Transilvane #kirby
"Transilvane, a Real World with Real People" from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143 (DC, 1971) by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta.
All of this is a distraction. It's Kirby Day, but my mind is looking forward to Halloween (I get started early, okay?). What I really wanted to post was Count Dragorin.
Count Dragorin is from a Kirby-style horror story that predates The Demon by a year or so, from his work on Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen. The Count there is the leader of a planet called Transilvane, which is about the size of a Volkswagen bug and has devil horns.
Believe it or not, NASA commissioned the creation of this tiny bedevilhorned planet so that it could study how life reacts to extraterrestrial environments. On a whim, the chief of the project filled the planet with tiny genetically modified people and for some reason Universal monster movies are continuously projected onto the clouds? Anyway, the planet is full of monster people is the point.
Transilvane is one of my hands-down favorite Kirby stories, even if all the Jimmy and Superman faces were re-drawn by Al Plastino.