Sunday, May 14, 2023

The Beast and The Demon

 

Jack Kirby's time on the X-Men was before Hank got all blue and furry, so It was always a treat to see him illustrate the eloquent mutant in that form.  Kirby excelled at inhuman-looking characters after all, which is why Etrigan is one of my favorite DC characters that he worked on.


9 comments:

Carycomic said...

It looks more like Hank is attacking Klarion for copying his hairstyle.

I mean, just look at the tops of their heads!

Alaric said...

Very interesting pairing. I'd read it.

Bob Greenwade said...

The King certainly did have a way with shading that nobody's really been able to duplicate.

Detective Tobor said...

This is a fantastic scene and it has a natural feel. It would have been a great team up.

Anonymous said...

Especially if Klarion had done something exceptionally stupid...like endanger Hank's friend Vera Cantor by abducting her.

Alex Osias said...

I'd enjoy this! Especially since this back when Beast was fun and heroic, not the darker version he's become in the current universe...

Hank said...

As they called him in Young Justice, "Klarion...(dun dun dun)... The Witch Boy!"

Alaric said...

I'd love to see Klarion and Teekl battle Agatha Harkness and Ebony someday...

Anonymous said...

I vaguely remember a Jack Kirby short story, from one of Marvel's sf/horror anthologies, back in the 1950's. It featured a proto-Klarion look-alike who took on three auror-type bounty hunters just so he could stay in the Outside World. One wonders if they were all from New Salem (Agatha's home town).

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