Number 396


Two x 3 Rocketeers


The last two Jack Kirby 3 Rocketeers stories were scheduled for the canceled Race For The Moon #4. The first in the series was published in Race's third and final issue and it was shown in Pappy's #315. These two stories appeared about seven years after being drawn by Jack Kirby and Al Williamson, published in Blast-Off #1, a Harvey one-shot from 1965.

I love the energy in these stories. I love the artwork, full of Kirby's inventiveness, but complemented by Williamson's elegant and sometimes delicate inking. Check out page 4 of "The Great Moon Mystery," classic Kirby, drawn just prior to his stint on Stan Lee's monster books.