The Jacked Kirby Podcast: Episode #2 - The First Family of Comics

Welcome to this weeks episode of the Jacked Kirby podcast. Today we are tackling a subject near and dear to any fan of Jack Kirby... THE FANTASTIC FOUR!!!! The First Family of Marvel... hell, of ALL COMICS is an interesting topic to analyze. So hosts Tommy & Mike D welcome James West and Reverend Sal into the mix to offer their unique perspective on the team and all they have meant to comics!

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Show Notes:

Guests: Mike D, Tommy Lombardozzi, Reverend Sal and James West

Episode Recap:

(Start - 5:30) Mike and Tommy introduce this weeks show and the topic of the FF!

(5:31 -  9:50) Introduction of this weeks guests James West and Reverend Sal 

(9:55 - 12:00) Reverend Sal schools the gang on reprinted issues, one of the ONLY ways to read old stories from back issues back in the 1970s.  

(12:01 - 14:45) Concepts from Challengers of the Unknown pop up in the FF, and who was responsible for that 4 on the chest of the team?

(14:46 - 19:30) The rebirth of superhero comics courtesy of the Fantastic Four.

(19:31 - 23:30) How did Jack and Stan critique society through the trials and tribulations of their characters like the FF, X-men, Black Panther. Did a revolutionary group really take their name from Kirby's creation? 

(23:30 - 26:30) How were the first few issues of the series SO Groundbreaking???? How many amazing concepts could be introduced in one book???

(26:31 - 34:45) The FF Annuals 1-6 contain more groundbreaking things than any series in the Marvel Universe! 

(34:46 - 38:20) Enter Joe Sinnott!!!!

(38:21 - 43:30) Key contributions to the Marvel Universe in the pages of the FF (Kree, Skrulls, Attlian, The heat pattern on the Human Torch, the brow on the Thing, 

(43:31 - 55:45 ) The wrap up,,,, what does it all mean to the members of the panel!

Outro Music of the Week: Hard as a Rock by AC/DC (1995)

This weeks Kirby Konnections:

70s reprints of the classic 60s stories!

FF #1 - The team in action for the first time

The Return of the Sub Mariner

Annual #2 - The true origin of Dr Doom 

Annual #3 - The Wedding of Sue and Reed Richards... and Doom plotting to ruin it!

FF #issue89 - Jack' signature heat lines of the Human Torch

The Jacked Kirby Podcast: #1 - How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love Jack Kirby!

Welcome to the PREMIERE episode of the Jacked Kirby Podcast!!!! Every week hosts Mike D and Tommy Lombardozzi will be exploring the greatness of the comic industries most prolific creator, Jack "King" Kirby! His name is synonymous with some of the biggest characters to ever grace the pages of a comic: Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The New Gods, Thor, The X-Men, Nick Fury, The Demon... the list goes on and on. And we plan to discuss ALL OF IT!!!

In this weeks premiere episode of the podcast Mike & Tommy are joined by some fellow lovers of The King as they all discuss the moment they fell in love with his work...

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Show Notes:

Guests: Mike D, Tommy Lombardozzi, Rob Martin, Reverend Sal, Al Accettura, Joey Armao and James West

Episode Recap:

(Start - 7:39) Mike and Tommy introduce the show and lay out what you can expect from the podcast.

(7:40 - 26:00) Rob Martin (our producer!!!) from CCD.NYC joins the podcast to discuss his Kirby experiences and what he hopes to hear from the podcast in the future. 

(26:00 - 35:18) Mike D & Tommy share their earliest Kirby exposures (Super Powers for Mike D, The Donatello 1 Shot which features Kirby as a character for Tommy) and talk about how they became enamored with The King.

(35:20 - 47:00) Reverand Sal takes us back to the 70s to talk about classic Marvel reprints and Kirby's monster books.

(47:00 - 59:10) Al Accettura talks about Kirby's Cosmic adventures and studying his sequential art styles back in art school personally.

(59:10 - 1:09:27) Joey Armao talks about overlooking the King for more popular 90s artists, reading teh classics in Marvel Masterworks graphic novels and The Kirbyverse from Topps Comics.

(1:09:30 - 1:20:20) James West talks about his dad bringing home 20 long boxes of comics at age 11, diving head first into EVERYTHING and ANYTHING Comics, the origin of Silver Surfer and how the younger generation views Kirby.

(1:20:21 - 1:23:23) Show wrap up

Outro Music of the Week: Shook Ones Pt 2 by Mobb Deep (1995)

Kirby Connections (Things discussed during the show)

Mike D's Pick - Mister Miracle from Kenner's Super Powers line (1986)

Tommy's pick - Donatello Micro Series (1986)

Reverand Sal's Pick - Groot From Planet X (Tales to Astionish #13)

Al's Pick - Odin by Kirby (Thor #162)

Joey's Pick - Galactus in Shorts (Fantastic Four #75)

James's Pick - The Silver Surfer (Fantastic Four #50)