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Pg. 9; Jack Kirby pencils, Frank Giacoia inks, 12" x 18.5"

In issue #39 of the Fantastic Four, the hero team finds themselves at a major disadvantage, having been stripped of their powers by a "Q-Bomb" explosion. Meanwhile in Latveria, Doctor Doom is discovering he was hypnotized to believe he had defeated the FF, and as a result, had stopped pursuing them. This classic Jack Kirby page contains not only some thrilling Doom panels, and one of the King's kooky machines, but also manages to throw in Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil, for good measure. There's so much happening on this page, even the production notes add an interesting extra feature to this overloaded piece of Silver Age history. According to our sources, Frank Giacoia was made to wait outside Stan Lee's office as Wally Wood inked the Daredevil and Matt Murdoch appearances in this issue before handing them over to Giacoia, which means that this page could very well be a Kirby / Wood collaboration, making this special piece all the more of a Marvel collector's dream.



Kirby's run on the Fantastic Four set the stage for the Marvel Age, his collaborations with Stan Lee are now the stuff of legend, and owning a small piece of that legacy is an opportunity many can only dream of. The proposed purchase of Fox Entertainment by Disney would bring a good chunk of Marvel's properties back into the MCU fold, so all things concerning the beloved superhero family are expected to perk up with a reboot looming in the near future. And, of course, any chance to own a piece of Jack Kirby art is nothing to scoff at either.



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Artists Information

Jack Kirby is called 'The King of Comics' for a reason, during his career that spanned six decades he gave us many of the most iconic characters the medium would ever see. From his introduction of Captain America at the height of World War II it was clear he wasn't your ordinary comics artist. But it was his creative explosion at Marvel Comics in the 1960's that cemented his legacy, over a short period of time Kirby would give us The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, The Hulk, The X-Men, Thor, Ant-Man and Nick Fury just to name a few. Kirby would then go to DC and create his Fourth World, introducing Darkseid, Mister Miracle, The New Gods and a host of cosmic supporting players. Long live The King.

Frank Giacoia (July 6, 1924 – February 4, 1988) was an American comics artist known primarily as an inker. He sometimes worked under the name Frank Ray, Giacoia made the rounds to almost every Golden Age publisher, notably working on Flash and Batman stories, he also worked at Timely during this period. In the Silver Age Frank worked on many Jack Kirby pages, particularly in Captain America, and he also notably inked the first appearance of the Punisher in AMS #129.