Kirby's attempt at a kid gang at Marvel is the X-Men. They are of course older than the Newsboy Legion, the Young Allies, or the Boy Commandos, but they are at their essence a cadre of teenagers brought together to defend society from imminent threats. In this case they are gifted with strange and sometimes terrible superpowers. Kirby never got around to creating a pin-up for all of the X-Men (neglecting Iceman and Angel for some reason) but of the ones he did create the are delightful.
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So, Hank McCoy's "strange and terrible" super power is one-handed juggling (do I see a wine cork there?) and one-fingered tight-rope walking...Ha! Ha!
ReplyDeleteAnd Magneto should quake! When they decided to make Hank McCoy more of a literal beast it was inspired.
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I swear I've seen a Kirby Iceman pin up where he looks like a snowman. Was that Byrne aping Kirby?
ReplyDeleteI know the image I think. It was by Dave Cockrum based on Kirby's panels in early X-Men comics. check this link out.
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maybe. I was thinking of something with just Iceman. But maybe I made it up.
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