Name Those Kirby Eyes: Behold, The Answers!

Here's the answers to last night's Name Those Kirby Eyes pop quiz!

1. The Falcon (from Captain America #200)



2. Mister Machine/Machine Man (from 2001 #10)



3. Professor X (from X-Men #1)



4. Silver Surfer (from The Silver Surfer 1978 graphic novel)



5. Captain America (from Captain America Annual #4)



6. Galactus (from The Silver Surfer 1978 graphic novel)



7. Zuras (from The Eternals #10)



8. Granny Goodness (from Mister Miracle #18)



9. Sultin the Lion Man (from Kamandi #8)



10. The High Evolutionary (from Thor #134)



11. Morgan Edge (from Jimmy Olsen #133)



12. Kobra (from Kobra #1)



13. Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic (from Fantastic Four #76)



14. Odin (from Thor #172)



15. Tana Nile (from Thor #130)



16. The Recorder (from Thor #161)



17. Black Panther (from Black Panther #12)



18. Destroyer Duck (from Destroyer Duck #1)



19. Dave Bowman (from the 2001 tabloid special)



20. Fin Fang Foom (from Strange Tales #89)

How many did you get right?

Today in Comics History, August 29, 1985: The ghost of Tim Caldwell is disappointed that a visit to his graveside has turned into a soap opera

from Swamp Thing (1985 series) #41 (October 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils by Stephen R. Bissette, inks by Alfredo Alcala, colors by Tatjana Wood, letters by John Costanza

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 29: Next panel: Batman disappears

Panels from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #125 (January 2000), script by Greg Rucka, pencils by Rick Burchett, inks by James Hodgkins, colors by Klaus Janson, color separations by Wildstorm FX, letters by Willie Schubert

Happy Birthday, Jack! (Name Those Kirby Eyes!)

In every country of the free world (and a few on Apokolips), we celebrate today Jack Kirby's Birthday! Happy birthday, King! Please read some Kirby Komics today! Yes, even Silver Star counts!

One of Kirby's most powerful visual techniques is the EXTREME! CLOSE! UP! which zooms directly into the face of the featured character so that virtually all you see are the eyes! everybody loves Jack Kirby Eyes! Except if it's Superman, in which case it Al Plastino Eyes! Which is not as exciting at all.


I'd love to see an entire Kirby comic book illustrated using this technique.

But! How well do you know your Kirby Eyes? That's not a rhetorical question, incidentally. Below are twenty close-up panels rack-focusing right into the powerful pupils and iridescent irises of twenty different Kirby characters. Can you identify them all? (I've deleted all text in the word balloons and captions to avoid giving away clues through dialogue, and also just to be a stinker.) Press the button that says "Click Here to Read More!" right below this paragraph and get ready to have your brain puzzled. Some are easy, some are more challenging, and none of them are as easy as the three above! (Leave your answers in the comments.) On your mark...get set...wait, hold on while I get some nachos...okay, go! Name Those Kirby Eyes! (Please: no cheating by consulting the Encyclopedia Kirbyana.)

Among the many, many reasons I love Jack Kirby:

...three-quarter views of Ben Grimm laughing.


Panel from Fantastic Four #68 (November 1967), co-plot and script by Stan Lee, co-plot and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Artie Simek
Happy Birthday, Jack!

Today in Comics History, August 25, 1985: The Tubes begin recording their new album

from Swamp Thing (1985 series) #41 (DC, October 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils by Stephen R. Bissette, inks by Alfredo Alcala, colors by Tatjana Wood, letters by John Costanza

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 28: Gordon jumped off the roof just to get one up on Batman

Panels from Batman: The Dark Knight (November 2011 New 52 series) #10 (August 2012), script by Gregg Hurwitz, pencils by David Finch, inks by Richard Friend, colors by Sonia Oback, letters by Dezi Sienty

Today in Comics History, August 27: It is not Scott Pilgrim's birthday (#1 of 364 in a series)

from Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together (Oni, October 2007); script, pencils, inks and letters by Bryan Lee O'Malley; colors by Nathan Fairbairn

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 27: I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

Panels from Detective Comics #666 (September 1993), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by John Costanza

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 26: Oh, won't you stay, just a little bit longer

It's our final week of Batman's Great Escapes Month, so let's (as them kids say over on TVTropes.org, the reason that browser tabs were invented) subvert the trope!


from Batman Eternal #1 (DC, June 2014); script by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV; contributing writers John Layman, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley; pencils and inks by Jason Fabok, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Nick J. Napolitano

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 25: So that's what they mean by "The Shadow of the Batman."

Panels from The Shadow (2012 Dynamite Entertainment series) #12 (April 2013), script by Victor Gischler, pencils and inks by Giovanni Timpano, colors by Ivan Nunes, letters by Rob Steen

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 24: That's a really good disguise, Bruce

Panels from Strange Nation #3 (December 2013), script and letters by Paul Allor; pencils, inks, and colors by Juan Romera

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 23: I'm glad that DC has forgotten the subplot that Barbara Gordon was afraid of black people

Panels from "The Attack of the Annihilator!" in Detective Comics #508 (November 1981), script by Cary Burkett, plot assist by Wendy Beraud, pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Joe Giella, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by John Costanza

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 22: Batman's just mad he didn't get an offer to huddle under the umbrella

Panels from Batman Eternal #14 (September 2014); script by James Tynion IV; story by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV; contributing writers John Layman, Ray Fawkes, Tim Seeley; pencils and inks by Jason Fabok, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Carlos M. Mangual

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 21: No one would have believed in the last years of the twentieth century...

...that superhuman affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No-one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets. And yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely, they snuck out of Commissioner Gordon's office.



Panels from Detective Comics #715 (November 1997), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Eduardo Barreto, colors by Gloria Vasquez, letters by John Costanza

At 13th Dimension: 13 Dimensions of Multiversity: DC Worlds We Want Brought Back!

Today, Grant Morrison hijacked your mind and took you on a escapade around various worlds of the DC multiverse in the first issue of The Multiversity! (Aw, he's always doin' that.) And of course you all know what that means: online comments complaining that the comic book is too hard to understand. Also: another article by my bestest pal John over at 13th Dimension! Storrison's morey Morrison's story takes us to Earths 7, 8, and 23, brings back Captain Carrot (the Sensational New Character Find of 1982!) with an all-new look, President Calvin Ellis (Superman of Earth-23), and Lord Volt and Lady Quark! Not to mention Aquawoman of Earth-11 and comic book fan Red Racer of Earth-36!

John's 13th Dimension article covers the 13 DC Earths we'd like brought back in Multiversity, and it's a baker's dozen whoopie-dooper of some choices! But (as always), I wonder why John didn't include this Earth?:

The Earth of cancelled comic book characters,
where Animal Man met Angel Love!

Panels from Animal Man (1988 series) #24 (August 1967); script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Chas Truog, inks by Doug Hazlewood, colors by Tatjana Wood, letters by John Costanza
YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT ANGEL LOVE


Once again, that's 13 Dimensions of Multiversity over at 13th Dimension! And remember, when traveling from one Earth to the other, always remove bottles of liquid larger than 3 ounces from your carry-on bags! (Because Aquaman loves that stuff.)

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 20: Young Bruce needs more practice at this

Panels from Batman #592 (August 2001), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils by Scott McDaniel, inks by Karl Story, colors by Roberta Tewes, color separations by Wildstorm FX, letters by John Costanza

The Entire Silver Age in One Comics Panel

Panel from "The Forbidden Box!" in Lois Lane #37 (November 1962), script by Leo Dorfman (?), pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein
Believe me when I say that this was The Greatest Lois Lane Story Ever.

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 19: Batman really hates second-hand smoke

Panels from Batman: Arkham Unhinged #45 (digital comic, October 2012), script by Karen Travis, pencils and inks by Riccardo Buchielli, colors by Alejandro Sanchez, letters by Travis Lanham

Today in Comics History, August 18, 1692: Marvel's adaptation of The Crucible does not have enough Spider-Man in it

from Marvel Team-Up (1972 series) #43 (Marvel, March 1976), script by Bill Mantlo, breakdowns by Sal Buscema, finishes and backgrounds by Mike Esposito and Dave Hunt, colors by Janice Cohen, letters by Karen Mantlo

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 18: Waddle I do when you are far away?

Panels from Batman #627 (Early July 2004), script by Judd Winick, pencils by Dustin Nguyen, inks by Richard Friend, colors by Alex Sinclair, letters by Clem Robins

Ten of a Kind: I'm Not Dead Yet

(More Ten of a Kind here.)

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 17: Bullock Says: Batman Oughta Be Fun!

Panels from Detective Comics #651 (Early October 1992), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Glenn Whitmore, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, August 17, 1975: Satana causes a car accident by wearing a skintight bodysuit while hitchhiking, again

from Marvel Premiere #27 [Satana] (Marvel, December 1975), script by Chris Claremont, pencils and inks by "The Tribe" (a group of Filipino artists that included Tony DeZuniga, Yong Montano, and Ernie Chan, among others), letters by Pablo Marcos, colors by Janice Cohen
But say, what day did that fatal story take place, Essential Marvel Horror, Volume 1?


from "Deathsong," re-printed in black-and-white in Essential Marvel Horror v.1 (Marvel, 2006)
Which only goes to prove: this sort of thing happens to Satana at least twice a year.