MARVEL COMICS: THE UNTOLD STORY
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    themarvelageofcomics: Jack Kirby’s uninked pencils from a page to FANTASTIC FOUR #49, the second appearance of the Silver Surfer. Virtually all of Kirby’s border notes remain: BASIC ENERGY—CAUSING (word obscured) ALICIA FEELS IT—SURFER SAYS THIS IS WASTE— SAYS THAT SOUNDS CRUEL—THOSE THINGS SUPPLY US WITH HEALTH, CONTENTMENT, BEAUTY HER FISTS ON HIM. SHE SAYS YOU—YOU VANDAL. HE SAYS YOU ARE THE FIRST CREATURE TO TALK THIS WAY DO WE MEAN NOTHING? WHY DON’T YOU CHANGE ME TO ENERGY? WILL IT PLEASE YOU SURFER RAISES HIS HAND HESITATINGLY—AS IF TO DESTROY HER—A THEN HIS HAND GENTLY BRUSHES HER CHEEK—HE SAYS—ARE YOU—BEAUTY? THEN CONFUSED—HE DRAWS AWAY—ALICIA SAYS YOU CAN FEEL EMOTIONS—YOU JUST NEVER USED

    themarvelageofcomics:

    Jack Kirby’s uninked pencils from a page to FANTASTIC FOUR #49, the second appearance of the Silver Surfer.

    Virtually all of Kirby’s border notes remain:

    BASIC ENERGY—CAUSING (word obscured) ALICIA FEELS IT—SURFER SAYS THIS IS WASTE—

    SAYS THAT SOUNDS CRUEL—THOSE THINGS SUPPLY US WITH HEALTH, CONTENTMENT, BEAUTY

    HER FISTS ON HIM. SHE SAYS YOU—YOU VANDAL. HE SAYS YOU ARE THE FIRST CREATURE TO TALK THIS WAY

    DO WE MEAN NOTHING? WHY DON’T YOU CHANGE ME TO ENERGY? WILL IT PLEASE YOU

    SURFER RAISES HIS HAND HESITATINGLY—AS IF TO DESTROY HER—A

    THEN HIS HAND GENTLY BRUSHES HER CHEEK—HE SAYS—ARE YOU—BEAUTY?

    THEN CONFUSED—HE DRAWS AWAY—ALICIA SAYS YOU CAN FEEL EMOTIONS—YOU JUST NEVER USED

    — 8 months ago with 60 notes
    #Jack Kirby  #Stan Lee  #Fantastic Four  #original art  #Silver Surfer 
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      —- Kirby had a lot of inkers throughout his career: some great, some okay, some bad. But it was tough for anyone to do...
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      Beautiful early F.F....his original margin notes. R.I.P.
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      The Surfer is one...my favorite characters
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