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Kirby Klose-Ups

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One close-up panel by Jack Kirby posted once a day, every day. Credits and publication info in Alt. @laynev.bsky.social.

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Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Close-up of a boy's dirty and battered face as he contemplates the struggles and violence of his existence.
"Street Code" Kirby: King of Comics, Abrams, 2008

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Close-up of a sinister man with a Van Dyke wearing a hat and glasses.
"And Now -- Phantom Force" Phantom Force Vol. 1, No. 1, Image, 1994
Inked by Marc Silvestri

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 30/07/2024

Close-up of a rotund man being throttled, his hands on the gloved wrists of his attacker, concentric circles emanating from his throat.
"The Riddle Of The Slave Market" Adventure Comics Vol. 1, No. 72, DC, 1942

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 29/07/2024

Close-up on an upset man surrounded by a nightmarish flurry of feminine hands.
"I Talked With My Dead Wife!" Strange World Of Your Dreams Vol. 1, No. 1, Headline, 1952

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Close-up of a young brunette woman crying into her pillow because she is jealous of her boyfriend's car.
"For The Love Of Ricky Wilson" Teen-Age Romance Vol. 1, No. 86, Marvel/Zenith, 1962
Inked by Vince Colletta

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Close-up on a dangling telephone receiver dangling from a cord held by a green-skinned female embodiment of the zodiac sign Pisces.
"Horoscope Phenomenon Or Witch Queen Of Ancient Sumeria?" Weird Mystery Tales Vol. 1, No. 1, DC/National, 1972
Inked by Mike Royer

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Close-up of a leonine extraterrestrial admonishing a judgemental human.
"Our Backs To The Wall!" Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers Vol. 1, No. 5, Pacific Comics, 1982
Inked by Michael Thibodeaux

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Close-up of a disembodied head of a doofus covetously admiring another man's girlfriend.
"Everybody Wants My Girl!" Young Love Vol. 2, No. 7/No. 13, Crestwood, 1950
With Joe Simon

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Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Close-up of a disembodied head of a man covetously admiring another man's girlfriend while smoking a cigarette.
"Everybody Wants My Girl!" Young Love Vol. 2, No. 7/No. 13, Crestwood, 1950
With Joe Simon

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Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Close-up of a disembodied head of a haughty mustachioed man covetously admiring another man's girlfriend.
"Everybody Wants My Girl!" Young Love Vol. 2, No. 7/No. 13, Crestwood, 1950
With Joe Simon

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Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 19/07/2024

Close-up on an animated corpse engulfed in crackling energy.
"Agron Walks The Earth!" Captain America Vol. 1, No. 205, Marvel, 1976
Inked by Jon Verpoorten

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 18/07/2024

Close-up of a disembodied head of a man covetously admiring another man's girlfriend.
"Everybody Wants My Girl!" Young Love Vol. 2, No. 7/No. 13, Crestwood, 1950
With Joe Simon

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 06/07/2024

Close-up of a green reptile-skinned extraterrestrial with bulging red eyes, a widow's peak, and a brown turtleneck
"Behold Him! He Is The Martian!" Tales To Astonish Vol. 1, No. 25, Marvel/Vista, 1961
Inked by Dick Ayers

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

Close-up on a man in a blue costume with a white A on the forehead of his mask, desperately reaching out towards the reader, a strange glyph glowing on the palm of his red-gloved hand.
"My Fellow Americans" Marvel Treasury Special Featuring Captain America's Bicentennial Battles Vol. 1, No. 1, Marvel 1976
Inked by John Verpoorten

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

Close-up on a menacing thug wearing a medieval-looking helmet.
"The Trojan Horde" Captain America Vol. 1, No. 194, Marvel, 1975
Inked by Frank Giacoia

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Close-up of a hirsute Soviet agent, sporting dandy duds and driving a fine vehicle, reveling in American consumerism.
"Super-Khakalovitch" Fighting American Vol. 1, No. 6, Prize, 1955
With Joe Simon

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

Close-up of a hanged man, flanked by paintings. His long nose droops over the bottom border of the panel.
"The Case Of The Black Talon" Captain America Vol. 1, No. 9, Timely/Marvel, 1941
With Joe Simon

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Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 29/06/2024

Close-up on a hand firing a revolver.
"Odds Against Murder!" Headline Comics Vol. 4, No. 6/No. 36, Prize, 1949

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Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 29/06/2024

Close-up of a young brunette woman, hurt and shocked by the betrayal of her beau.
"The Wounded Party!" Young Romance Vol. 12, No. 6/No. 102, Prize, 1959

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

Extreme close-up of a concerned man telepathically admonishing an unseen group of unruly youths.
"X-Men" The X-Men, Vol. 1, No. 1, Marvel, 1963
Inked by Paul Reinman

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 26/06/2024

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Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 26/06/2024

Close-up of a blonde woman realizing it was not her beau who kissed her, but his identical twin brother.
"Dead Ringer!" Western Love Vol. 1, No. 5, Prize/Feature, 1950

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

Close-up of a defiant being converting his body into magenta-haloed crackling blue energy.
"Spaceship Earth!" Super Powers Vol. 1, No. 5, DC, 1984
Inked by Greg Theakston

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

Extreme close-up of a conflicted Atlantean ruler with amazing eyebrows.
"The Merciless Puppet Master!" Fantastic Four Vol. 1, No. 14, Marvel, 1963
Inked by Dick Ayers

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 17/06/2024

Close-up of a costumed lackey trying to give a status report but getting socked in the mouth by a large gloved fist.
"Spaceship Earth!" Super Powers Vol. 1, No. 5, DC, 1984
Inked by Greg Theakston

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 16/06/2024

Close-up on the craggy stone-like visage of an angry father, his eyes flashing with power and wrath.
"Darkseid And Sons!" The New Gods Vol. 2, No. 11, DC/National, 1972
Inked by Mike Royer

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 16/06/2024

Close-up of the fearsomely eye-browed eyes of a sorely displeased father as they loom above a city skyline.
"Let There Be... Chaos!" Thor Vol. 1, No. 148, Marvel/Atlas, 1967
Inked by Vince Colletta

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Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Close-up of a dog-like creature with horns and a moustache barking.
Storyboard for "Blastaar, The Living Bomb Burst" The New Fantastic Four Episode 13, DePatie-Freling & Marvel Comics Animation, 1978

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 13/06/2024

Close-up on a noose, through which we see the unhappy face of the prison guard-flanked man about to swing from it.
"Gang War" Real Clue Comics Vol. 2, No. 7/No. 19, Hillman, 1947

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Close-up of a brunette young woman asking the reader to help solve her romantic conundrum.
"Will You Help Me?" Young Love Vol. 4, No. 9/No. 39, Prize, 1952
With Joe Simon

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

Close-up of a grotesque android; it weeps a single horizontal tear as it deactivates.
"Mister Morgan's Monster" Strange Tales Vol. 1, No. 99, Marvel, 1962
Inked by Dick Ayers

Close-up of a grotesque android that is now green; it weeps a single horizontal tear as it deactivates.
"Mister Morgan's Monster" Reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales Vol. 1, No. 10, Marvel, 1975
Inked by Dick Ayers

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 10/06/2024

Close-up of a Navajo US Air Force Lieutenant wearing a pilot's wedge cap. Over his shoulder a Navy Captain wearing an eyepatch and captain's hat is speaking to him.
"A Small Place In Hell" Our Fighting Forces Vol. 1, No. 152, DC/National, 1974
Inked by D. Bruce Berry

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 09/06/2024

Close-up of an eyepatched US Navy Captain wearing a captain's hat. Over his shoulder we see a young US Army Private, his warm breath condensing in the cold air.
"A Small Place In Hell" Our Fighting Forces Vol. 1, No. 152, DC/National, 1974
Inked by D. Bruce Berry

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Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 09/06/2024

Close-up of a young freckled-face US Army Private; over his shoulder we see a grizzled Sergeant with a cigar clenched in his teeth.
"A Small Place In Hell" Our Fighting Forces Vol. 1, No. 152, DC/National, 1974
Inked by D. Bruce Berry

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Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 07/06/2024

Close-up on a grizzled US Army Sergeant, a cigar clenched in his teeth.
"A Small Place In Hell" Our Fighting Forces Vol. 1, No. 152, DC/National, 1974
Inked by D. Bruce Berry

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

Close-up of an airman in a smoky plane, panicked eyes visible through his flight mask.
"Hot Box" Foxhole Vol. 1, No. 2, Mainline, 1954

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

Close-up of a haughty German Army Major looking back over his shoulder.
"Kill Me With Wagner" Our Fighting Forces Vol. 1, No. 151, DC/National, 1974
Inked by D. Bruce Berry

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

Close-up on an incensed United States Army Sergeant.
"At The Mercy Of Baron Strucker" Sgt. Fury Vol. 1, No. 5, Marvel, 1964
Inked by George Bell

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 03/06/2024

Close-up on a man angrily crumpling up a note from his wife as comments other men have made about her float around his head.
"You're Not The First!" Young Romance Vol. 4, No. 5/No. 29, Prize, 1951
With Joe Simon

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 02/06/2024

Close-up of an angry bald man with a large goose egg.
"Pipsy" Laugh Comics, Vol. 1, No. 24, Archie

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

Close-up of a woman certainly making a choice.
"I Learned About Love From Larry!" Love Romances Vol. 1, No. 85, Marvel/Male, 1960
Inked by Christopher Rule

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 31/05/2024

Close-up on an alarmed vulcanologist in a fire proximity suit illuminated by the red glow of magma.
"Invasion Of The Volcano Men!" Tales Of The Unexpected Vol. 1, No. 22, DC/National, 1958

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 30/05/2024

An alarmed young woman asks Biff to not do what he's about to do.
"Jealousy" Young Romance Vol. 11, No. 3/No. 93, Prize, 1958

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 29/05/2024

Close-up of a masked man wearing an plumed archer's bycocket cap, his concerned face surrounded by concentric circles of varying colours.
"Prisoners Of Dimension Zero!" Adventure Comics Vol. 1, No. 253, DC/National, 1958

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 28/05/2024

Extreme close-up on a cat's face. An upset man's face is reflected in it's eyes.
"The Cats Who Knew Too Much!" House Of Secrets Vol. 1, No. 8, DC/National, 1958

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 27/05/2024

Close-up on a flame-flanked enlisted man wearing a helmet, his unshaven face covered in camo paint and piercing eyes fixed upon something unseen.
Cover, Foxhole Vol. 1, No. 4, Mainline, 1954

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 26/05/2024

Close-up on an extraterrestrial fetus in a containment/incubation suit surrounded by roiling cosmic energy.
"Request Zap-Out!" Captain Victory Vol. 1, No. 8, Pacific, 1982
Inked by Michael Thibodeaux

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

Close-up on an extraterrestrial with an enormous domed head.
"God's Many Mansions!" "Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers Vol. 1, No. 9, Pacific, 1983
Inked by Mike Thibodeaux

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

Extreme close-up on an ethereal fetus pondering cosmic questions.
"The New Seed!" 2001: A Space Odyssey Vol. 1, No. 7, Marvel, 1977
Inked by Mike Royer

Kirby Klose-Ups @kirbykloseups.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

Close-up on an android with an enormous head and small limbs projecting a power beam from its forehead.
"X-Pit!" Mister Miracle, Vol. 1, No. 2, DC/National, 1971
Inked by Vince Colletta