Journey into Mystery #78 - Jack Kirby art & cover, Steve Ditko art, Kirby / Ditko art

Jack Kirby

Journey into Mystery v1 #78, 1962 - Jack Kirby's work makes up the bulk of the issue with two fine stories. In the first, a  young wizard arrives on our world only to be followed by his own people. A second tale (inked by Steve Ditko) reveals the possession of an astronaut by a cloud-like creature. Kirby's cover suffers from competing elements, but his story art is more than sufficient. His splashes are especially pleasing to the eye (see interior page below). The issue's high point is Ditko's story of spacemen marooned on a distant planet on Christmas eve. Like many of his efforts for Atlas, there's a high degree of craftsmanship in both drawing and composition. "Kraggoom" was later reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl #9. Other artists in this issue include Joe Sinnott and Reed Crandall. This is 31 of 49 Journey Into Mystery issues by Ditko and 29 of 76 Journey Into Mystery issues by Kirby.
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Kirby cover pencils (Dick Ayers inks) = **
"Monsters On Mercury" Ditko story pencils and inks 5 pages = ****
"The Sorcerer" Kirby story pencils (Dick Ayers inks) 6 pages = ***
"Kraggoom" Kirby story pencils / Ditko inks 7 pages = ***

Jack Kirby

Steve Ditko

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