Mister Miracle #1 - Jack Kirby art & cover
Mister Miracle #1, 1971 - One of Jack Kirby's Fourth World creations for DC, Mister Miracle was one of his most colorful bronze age creations. This super escape artist was assisted and befriended by the Oberon, one of the few dwarfish characters in mainstream comics. Despite the promising cover, the art in this premiere issue evokes little excitement. The story's only splash is the first page, a rather mundane scene (despite the tilted horizon line) of the original Mister Miracle, Thaddeus Brown. The layouts rigidly adhere to four and six panel grids with few variations. Kirby's drawings are noticeably repetitious and Vince Colletta's mediocre inking unfortunately hurts more than helps. This is number 1 of 18 Mr. Miracle issues with Kirby art and/or covers. See today's posts or more Kirby or Mister Miracle issues.
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Kirby cover pencils (Vince Colletta inks) = ***
"Murder Missile Trap" story pencils (Vince Colletta inks) 22 pages = **
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3 comments to date:
I hate to see someone devote their time to a blog about inking and then come off looking like he/she knows nothing about it. Vince Colletta mediocre? Go back and look at the original books, not the Masterworks crap, and then write an intelligent article. Anyone can play follow the leader and say something uncomplimentary about Vinnie but guys in the know, well, they just know. He was one of the greats.
I largely based my review on this particular issue, although most of the Kirby/Colletta work I've seen on Thor, Fourth World books, etc. are collectively less impressive than the Kirby/Sinnott Fantastic Four issues (1960s) and the Kirby/Royer issues (1970s), among others. You certainly have strong opinions on Colletta's work and I would not begrudge him his fans, but he's just not one of my personal favorites.
My 2 cents, while it's not 1960's THOR, Mr. Miracle was more than capably inked.
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