Monday, May 28, 2018

Marvel-ous Monday: "Marak!" by Kirby and Royer

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We have more of the History of Mankind as seen through the cosmic sensibilities of Jack "King" Kirby, ably abetted by inker/letterer Mike Royer. "Marak!" gives us an action packed history lesson on the development of weapons and warfare--and somehow these things lead to the greatest invention of all! What is it? Peel back the cover of 2001: A Space Odyssey #3 (November 1976) and see for yourself, pilgrim!

















3 comments:

  1. He created the Big Wheel! I've got some scans of the Eternals by Kirby if you'd like to post them here?

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  2. Wild stuff! It would be interesting to see what Stanley Kubrick & Arthur C. Clarke would have thought of this. A very different take from the film story.

    Didn't Machine Man come out of this?

    Regards,
    Chris A.

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    1. Yes originally called x-51 & Mister Machine. In 2001 #8-#10 the last issues.

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