Friday, September 13, 2013

Making a Splash: Those Amazing Inhumans

What it is, Groove-ophiles! The Inhumans! One of Lee and Kirby's most classic creations, aren't they? A whole race of super-humans, hidden from humanity for everyone's own good. What a cool concept! Usually Black Bolt and his kin played the role of supporting characters, but they had a couple of pretty good runs as a solo feature--like the time they fronted Amazing Adventures (issues 1-10, May 1970-October 1971). With art by Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, and Mike Sekowsky, these were some good-lookin' comic mags, baby! Check out these sizzling splash pages to see if ya don't agree...








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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2013 at 3:06 AM

    Was that drawing of the Mandarin the one that was used in that cheesy ad from the '70's selling superhero mood rings? I think it was. Unless one of those rings had a real death ray or a disintegrator ray, they would've been useless to me anyway.

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  2. joe ackermanSeptember 13, 2013 at 7:26 AM

    the Kirby ones are glorious. Marvel have just released a special BLACK BOLT edition featuring all the Neal Adams stuff, but I wish they'd've gone for the Kirby run, instead. it was faultless.

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  3. William PrestonSeptember 13, 2013 at 8:39 PM

    That Adams pose with Giant Man is identical to an Adams splash from X-Men (with Cyclops in the Giant Man position, as I recall). Which came first?

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2013 at 10:59 PM

    Great stuff Groove! I've never seen that version of Magneto's costume before! Rad, dude!

    - Mike from Trinidad & Tobago.

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