It's my fault totally but I didn't realize that these two Spidey Super Stories covers were penciled by Jack "King" Kirby, or if I did know it at some time I long forgot. These penciled images show the hand of Kirby clearly, but alas by the time the extremely talented "Jazzy" Johnny Romita got finished with them, the Kirby touch has all but vanished. The second one is even signed and I never caught it! Sigh.
I recently read a potent argument for Kirby having a significant hand in the creation of Spidey, but as these two roughs show, he really had a hard time drawing him to model. There's a charm to Kirby's version, but it's not the usual look for certain.
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