Jack Kirby would have been 99. We try something a little different.
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The King was born Aug. 28, 1917. Next year will be his centennial. Between now and then, expect a veritable metric ton of tributes and remembrances and whatnot.
What do you do for 99, though? Zig instead of zag.
Over the next three days, we’re going to present 13 COVERS — from the Golden, Silver and Bronze ages. But instead of the same-ol’, same-ol’, we’re going for some of the deep cuts, the covers you don’t always see. Sure, to Kirby obsessives plenty of them will be familiar, I’m sure. But to most others, these go beyond the the obvious.
Here then, we begin with 13 COVERS: JACK KIRBY’S OFFBEAT GOLDEN AGE.
PLUS: For 13 COVERS: JACK KIRBY’S OFFBEAT SILVER AGE, click here.
(Don’t see your fave? Just add it in the comments below or in whichever social-media thread you found this.)
![Joe Simon inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/simon-inks.jpg)
Joe Simon inks
![Simon credited inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/simon-cred.jpg)
Simon credited inks
![Possibly Simon inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/poss-simon2.jpg)
Possibly Simon inks
![Simon inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/simon-inks-4.jpg)
Simon inks
![Possibly Simon inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/poss-simon.jpg)
Possibly Simon inks
![Simon inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/simon-inks-5.jpg)
Simon inks
![Syd Shores inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/syd-shores-inks.jpg)
Syd Shores inks
![Simon credited inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/simon-cred-2.jpg)
Simon credited inks
![Syd Shore inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/shore-inks.jpg)
Syd Shore inks
![Simon inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/simon-2.jpg)
Simon inks
![Simon inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/simon-inks-3.jpg)
Simon inks
![Simon layouts and inks](https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/simon-layouts-and-inks.jpg)
Simon layouts and inks
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For 13 COVERS: JACK KIRBY’S OFFBEAT SILVER AGE, click here.
All scans and credits courtesy of the kingly Grand Comics Database.
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August 18, 2020
Every single cover you showed was drawn by both joe Simon and Jack Kirby