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Bought the above limited edition book on eBay recently (arrived today), mainly because I love the cover of Journey Into Mystery #83. At around an inch smaller than the usual Marvel Masterworks volumes, the internal pages are still readable without straining my eyesight and, as I say, it's primarily this 'variant' cover I wanted it for just so I could enjoy looking at it.
Having said that, it doesn't seem quite right, does it? Thor's left arm appears to be growing out the side of his torso, and his hands aren't the best ones Kirby's ever drawn. Add to that the fact Mjolnir's handle is curved and that it doesn't look physically possible to swing it around himself in the way it's depicted (a continuous arc), I'd say it's not exactly Kirby at his best.
But, boy - it sure has visual impact, doesn't it?!
I'll start us off then. Hard to believe the original cover is categorised as a 'variant', but that happens a lot these days. I haven't yet seen the 'main' cover for this Thor book, but in the case of the Conan Omnibus, Barry Smith's original cover was classed as the variant version, despite the main one being truly awful. As they say - go figure.
ReplyDeleteTalking of Conan - today (June 11th) is the 90th anniversary of Robert E Howard's suicide.
ReplyDeleteAnniversary? Hardly a cause for celebration though, is it, CJ?
DeleteAn anniversary doesn't have to be happy, Kid.
ReplyDeleteYou don't ever hear anyone saying 'Unhappy Anniversary', CJ. It's always 'Happy Anniversary'.
DeleteA few days ago it was the 82nd anniversary of D Day, Kid, but that was a solemn occasion (until that moron Pete Hegseth hijacked the event and starting ranting about immigration).
ReplyDeleteThanks to recommendations by two regular commenters on Steve Does Comics I've discovered a site called readallcomics.com and though, despite the name, you can't read ALL comics you can certainly read lots of them including all the issues of Conan The Barbarian so I've been reading CTB #2 (Lair Of The Beast-Men which was the first Conan story I ever read, in the Marvel UK weekly) and CTB #62 which was the first American Conan comic I ever bought (during a school day-trip to Bristol Zoo in July 1976).
Solemn perhaps, CJ, but still a happy event worth celebrating 'cos we won - hooray for us! Don't think I'll bother visiting the site you mention as I prefer to read my comics on paper as opposed to a screen.
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