Jack Kirby - Thor #171 Title Splash
Artists: Jack Kirby (Penciller) , Bill Everett (Inker) , Sam Rosen (Letterer)
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DescriptionCollecting goal achieved!I'd been stalking this page since it last appeared on Heritage about 10 years ago, and long before I had the means to get it. It's the first half of a spread I held up in my one personal encounter with Jack Kirby back in 1989. About two years ago I came across the second half of that spread and thought that was the closest I'd ever get to recreating the photo. It's funny, in the actual issue of Thor 171, pages 1 & 2 don't appear as facing-pages, but because I had a reprint trade with me when I met Jack, I've always thought of these pages as linked. I passed on more affordable, and arguably more interesting, Kirby pages in this auction because it felt like the cypher needed to be completed. Does anyone know anything about the Judy Ann Taylor/Roman messages Everett was putting al over this run of Thor?? The "Forbush Building" is also a nice touch. I'm psyched to have this. I will probably not buy any more comic art for a while. The Wrath of the Wrecker! Thor 171 Bill Everett over Jack Kirby 1969 Social/Sharing |
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Bill J 
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 1/2/2020
What a fabulous Jack Kirby splash to acquire! And your personal connnection to it only makes it sweeter! Congratulations!
Andy Robbins
Member Since 2003
1 - Posted on 1/2/2020
You made the right decision by far to do everything posible to get this page - congrats!
Carlo M
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 1/2/2020
Congratulations on completing the spread. The splash itself is gorgeous.
T J
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 1/2/2020
Huge congrats on being able to get the art to match the great picture of you and the King.
Ron S
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 1/2/2020
Great page - great personal story (the Thor story is good too)
John Whitlock
Member Since 2016
Posted on 1/2/2020
Ron S wrote:
Great page - great personal story (the Thor story is good too)
Thank you, Ron!
I've drooled over your Wrecker splash for a while now (not to mention literally everything else in your collection).
Mark Howland
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 1/2/2020
Great pair of Kirbys! Great story! And (if it's possible) even greater shot of you and The King!!
Dino Mauricio
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 1/3/2020
Amazing Kirby splash, even better story! Congrats on this monumental collecting goal!
Sean Clarke
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 1/3/2020
Major congrats, John! As a fan who also has a decades-long collecting goal of reuniting an Everett-inked sequence that I've loved since childhood, I applaud your success in making this happen. FWIW, I think the auction price for this Kirby/Everett splash was reasonable, and it's great to see the page coming home to the collection that loves it. It's true that every time a comic art collector acquires a long sought grail, you hear a bell, and an angel gets his wings.
John Whitlock
Member Since 2016
Posted on 1/3/2020
Sean Clarke wrote:
Major congrats, John! As a fan who also has a decades-long collecting goal of reuniting an Everett-inked sequence that I've loved since childhood, I applaud your success in making this happen. FWIW, I think the auction price for this Kirby/Everett splash was reasonable, and it's great to see the page coming home to the collection that loves it. It's true that every time a comic art collector acquires a long sought grail, you hear a bell, and an angel gets his wings.
Thanks Drake! FWIW, one person's "reasonable" is another's "anxiety induced chronic insomnia."
Haha, but still, no regrets.
LEN CALLO
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 1/3/2020
Wow whatta reat story! All the time I spent with the Kirby's and I never thought to take a picture!
HUGE congrats!
John Whitlock
Member Since 2016
Posted on 1/3/2020
LEN CALLO wrote:
Wow whatta reat story! All the time I spent with the Kirby's and I never thought to take a picture!
HUGE congrats!
Thanks Len. I wish I'd been old enough for it to occur to me to buy some art off him!
LEN CALLO
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 1/3/2020
John Whitlock wrote:
Thanks Len. I wish I'd been old enough for it to occur to me to buy some art off him!
I think I was 28, in the late 80's when we started visiting the Kirby's and buying art.
I was wondering, if you only met him once, how did u get the picture signed?
John Whitlock
Member Since 2016
1 - Posted on 1/3/2020
LEN CALLO wrote:
I think I was 28, in the late 80's when we started visiting the Kirby's and buying art.
I was wondering, if you only met him once, how did u get the picture signed?
Roz snapped the photo, and then about a month later he sent me a package with the photo, a note, and a Captain Victory lithograph and blew my little mind. Has there been anyone better than Jack Kirby!??!
Mark Levy
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 1/3/2020
1 + 1 = 3 Pretty cool how the pagination created this special meaning for you - congrats on the acquisition...you could make quite the display with the pages and the Kirby memorabilia!
John Whitlock
Member Since 2016
Posted on 1/3/2020
Mark Levy wrote:
1 + 1 = 3 Pretty cool how the pagination created this special meaning for you - congrats on the acquisition...you could make quite the display with the pages and the Kirby memorabilia!
Mark, seems like you are very knowledgable about Bill Everett. Any idea on the "Judy Ann Taylor/Roman" meaning on all of these Thor issues?
Mark Levy
Member Since 2004
2 - Posted on 1/3/2020
John Whitlock wrote:
Mark, seems like you are very knowledgable about Bill Everett. Any idea on the "Judy Ann Taylor/Roman" meaning on all of these Thor issues?
Your posting piqued my interest so I asked the best expert - Wendy Everett. Her gracious response:
...Several years after my mother died, my father had a relationship with a woman named Judy Roman (Taylor may have been her maiden name – she was divorced with younger children) ...mystery solved!
John Whitlock
Member Since 2016
Posted on 1/3/2020
Mark Levy wrote:
Your posting piqued my interest so I asked the best expert - Wendy Everett. Her gracious response:
...Several years after my mother died, my father had a relationship with a woman named Judy Roman (Taylor may have been her maiden name – she was divorced with younger children) ...mystery solved!
Wow. Incredible. Thank you so much for digging into that, that's amazing!
Canadian Collector
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 1/3/2020
A very very big congrats! I was thinking about you when this came up and hoped it would end up in your collection. I am extremely happy for you on achieving this major collecting goal!
John Whitlock
Member Since 2016
Posted on 1/3/2020
Canadian Collector wrote:
A very very big congrats! I was thinking about you when this came up and hoped it would end up in your collection. I am extremely happy for you on achieving this major collecting goal!
Thanks Ricky, couldn'thavehappened without you, bud!
Jimmy Cawley
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 1/3/2020
Dont mess with the Wrecker. Congrats Johnny boy!
bob fish
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 1/4/2020
One of the most beautiful title page on Thor...with a stunning inking ! Thanks for sharing
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 1/4/2020
Kirby and Everett! WOW! Congrats!
Paul Roach
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 1/8/2020
Beautiful splash - a great acquisition. Thanks for sharing it.
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