Adventures of the Fly #1 - Jack Kirby art & cover + 1st appearance

Jack Kirby

Adventures of the Fly v1 #1, 1959 - The publishers of Archie comics dive into the super-hero genre with the first appearance and origin of the Fly. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby introduce a teenager suddenly endowed with insect-like powers (sound familiar?). The art is overall competent, but not exceptional. Simon's style is also more assertive than usual in many of the faces. The villain "Spider" Spry, making his first appearance in the second story, is a prototypical Kirby antagonist with his grotesque features. The issue's high point is the self-touted "wide angle scream": basically a two page horizontal panel intended to simulate a movie theater effect. "The Strange New World of the Fly" and "Come Into My Parlor" were later reprinted in Blue Ribbon Comics v3 #1. This is 1 of 2 Adventures of the Fly issues by Kirby. /// key 1st appearance, 1st cover, 1st origin Fly, 1st issue
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Kirby cover pencils (Joe Simon inks) = ***
"The Strange New World of the Fly" Kirby story pencils (Joe Simon inks) 20 pages = ***
"Buzz Gun" Kirby layouts and partial story pencils (Joe Simon inks) 5 pages = **
"Come Into My Parlor" Kirby story pencils (Joe Simon inks) 7 pages = ***

Jack Kirby

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