MINI MIGHTY MARVEL MASTERWORKS - The MIGHTY THOR...

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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?!

The THREE AMIGOS...?

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Well, Robin, the Boy Wonder (I wonder if he's a real boy) sure looks happy enough to see Superman fly overhead, but look at the expression on Batman's kipper.  It seems to suggest he's thinking what a show-off Supes is, or he's annoyed because Robin never smiles as warmly at him.  H'm, could Wertham have been right in his speculations about the Dynamic Duo?  Great piece of art, isn't it, but I don't know who the artist is, unfortunately.