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A quick interlude to ask for a bit of help - can anyone tell me anything about the image below? I found it on Pinterest (at The Marvel Age Of Comics, fittingly enough), which says it's an in-house ad from Fantastic Four #15. I'm not sure if it's drawn by Jack Kirby or not - the costume looks so wrong I suspect it might be by somebody else. Can anyone help me out with some info on it?
It's interesting not just because it appears to be the first version of Doom not drawn by Kirby (very very early on) but also because it means Doom appeared in two consecutive issues before his (second) Return in Fantastic Four #16, almost like a trailer, demonstrating that Marvel knew what a fan favourite he was already, building up the excitement for his comeback!
UPDATE: I am indebted to Mr Nathaniel Metcalfe for investigating this further and uncovering this blog by Mr Nick Caputo which thinks that it's by Sol Brodsky, which makes perfect sense as it looks similar to Kirby, but clearly isn't him. The blog also shows that Doom's reappearance was mentioned on another page promoting the next issue, alongside a picture of Ant Man!
Thanks all - isn't the internet brilliant?
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posted 23/5/2018 by Mark Hibbett
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