Blast Off #1 - Jack Kirby/Al Williamson, Williamson/Angelo Torres, Williamson art, Kirby cover

Blast Off featuring the 3 Rocketeers #1, 1965 - One of the few Harvey sci-fi titles, this issue boasts four stories by Al Williamson. His two pencilled efforts, inked respectively by Reed Crandall, Roy Krenkel and Angelo Torres, are impressively realistic and sophisticated. By contrast, his two collaborations with Jack Kirby are more graphically rendered but fascinating in their own right (see also their team-ups on Race for the Moon). A single page Goodyear Aerospace ad by Neal Adams also appears, commonly found in other Harvey issues from the era. This is number 1 of 1 Blast Off issues with Kirby art and/or covers, number 1 of 1 Blast Off issues with Williamson art and/or covers and number 1 of 1 Blast Off issues with Torres art and/or covers. See today's posts or more Kirby, Torres or Williamson issues. See also this blog's Williamson checklist or Torres checklist.
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Kirby cover pencils (Joe Simon inks) = **Kirby intro pencils / Williamson inks 1 page = ***
"Lunar Goliaths" Kirby story pencils / Williamson inks 5 pages = ***
"The Great Moon Mystery" Kirby story pencils / Williamson inks 5 pages = ***
"The Space Court" Williamson story pencils / Torres, Roy Krenkel partial inks 5 pages = ***
"The Little Earth" Williamson story pencils (Reed Crandall inks) 5 pages = ****
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