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Ronan the Accuser by Jack Kirby Comic Art

Artwork Details

Title:	Ronan the Accuser by Jack Kirby
Posted By:	Brian Coppola
Artist:	None Specified
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1074
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	4/19/2020

Description

FF #65 p 12, from August 1967 Last issue, the Sentry emerged from a hidden Kree outpost. This issue, the Supreme Intelligence (first appearance) is ticked off that the FF defeated the Sentry, so it sends Ronan (first appearance) to teach those upstart earthlings a lesson.

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	Nils E wrote: [ Quote & Reply ] No one ever recaptured the Kirby FF look. Posted on 4/19/2020

	West Stephan wrote: [ Quote & Reply ] Epic page from a classic issue! Congratulations! Posted on 4/19/2020

	Alexandre Collection wrote: [ Quote & Reply ] Great Kirby FF page! Congrats! Posted on 4/19/2020

	Mark Howland wrote: [ Quote & Reply ] Action-packed page! Posted on 4/19/2020

Brian Coppola wrote:

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Nils E said:

No one ever recaptured the Kirby FF look.

I totally agree. I really believe that these books represented as close to the height of the potential that existed in the Lee-Kirby partnership. I've always thought that the general coherence of the overall arcs were thanks to their banter, where the more grounded Lee and the more fanstical Kirby hit a sweet spot. I think the book probably had their hearts, as the flagship and initiator to the success of the new Marvel of the 1960s. Nothing is perfect, and I also think this page reveals as much of the disconnect in their method as the collaboration. The dialog on this page is nearly meaningless in the context of the action, and it really looks like Lee creating a script based on what he is reading in the panels (as opposed to the coherence you get from a script). I'm a little surprised that no one has tried to take some of these stories with the script stripped out and seeing how many different stories might be told with the exact same panels.

Posted on 4/19/2020

	Brian Coppola wrote: [ Quote & Reply ] West Stephan said: Epic page from a classic issue! Congratulations! Thanks, West. Suffice it to say, I've had it a long while, before a person needed a second mortgage to get these pages. Posted on 4/19/2020

	Brian Coppola wrote: [ Quote & Reply ] Alexandre Collection said: Great Kirby FF page! Congrats! Thanks, Andre. Perhaps it is obvious that it is one of the few that is hanging on a wall. Posted on 4/19/2020

Brian Coppola wrote:

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Mark Howland said:

Action-packed page!

True dat! One of the things I liked was that there are few panels where the partially ignited Johnny Storm is caught in the midst of flaming on, and usually it was a head shot. I have not gone back through to take a head count, I actually think that this whole-body view may be unique (or if not, at least rare). Maybe I'll look one day.

Posted on 4/19/2020

	bob fish wrote: [ Quote & Reply ] Great 4 panel page...twice up...love it ! Posted on 4/20/2020

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