Many of you have let me know that some of my image pairings & arrangements pop up in other venues such as Facebook Swipe groups (esp. the great COMICS SWIPES Facebook group). Well, I'm flattered the posts are popular and that people enjoy PANELOCITY's swipes and "inspired bys", regardless of where they are presented. After all, the Internet is meant for sharing, right?

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Fantastic Four #144 (Pt 13) Again With Ben's Fists of Fury

Fantastic Four 144-Attack-Thing-Medusa
Fantastic Four #144 (1974) Rich Buckler
Fantastic Four 55-WhenStrikesTheSurfer
Fantastic Four #55 (1966) Jack Kirby 
We've seen this same FF #55 image of a fist-shaking Ben elsewhere, remember? ;)

Plus! I then noticed the following panels on the same pages as the two panels above: 
Fantastic Four 144-Attack-Thing
Fantastic Four #144 (1974) Buckler
Fantastic Four 55-SilverSurferThingBattle
Fantastic Four #55 (1966) Kirby

Monday, September 29, 2014

Fantastic Four #144 (Pt 12) Medusa Strikes a Pose

A couple of Medusas. Similar, but there are differences and the pose is a fairly standard one. Verdict: probably not a swipe. 


Fantastic Four 136-RockAroundCosmos-Medusa
1973: Medusa in Fantastic Four #136  - John Buscema
Fantastic Four 144-Attack-Darkoth
1974: Medusa in Fantastic Four #144 - Rich Buckler


Thursday, September 25, 2014

Fantastic Four #143 (Pt 6) Men at Work...

...at Dr. Doom's complex--and also at the Beehive's Citadel of Science.
FantasticFour 143-TerribleTriumphDrDoom
 Fantastic Four #143 (1974) Buckler                  Fantastic Four #67 (1967) Kirby









Monday, September 22, 2014

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 7) Darkoth is Watching...

Fanatstic Four 142-NoFriendBesideHim
Darkoth - Fantastic Four #142 (1974) Rich Buckler
Fantastic Four 97-CreatureFromLostLagoon
Monster from the Lost Lagoon - Fantastic Four #97 (1970) Jack Kirby 

Friday, September 19, 2014

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 6) Thoom! Ftooom!

 These two sequential panels (different pages) by Buckler in 1974's FF #142...
Fantastic Four 142-NoFriendBesideHimFantastic Four 142-BenGrimm-Darkoth

...are based on this panel sequence from 1967's Fantastic Four #65. 
Fantastic Four 65-FromBeyondThisPlanetEarth
Fantastic Four #65 (1967) Jack Kirby


Thursday, September 18, 2014

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 5) Bookends à la Ben

A pretty standard Ben pose:
Fantastic Four 124-Buscema-CreatureLagoon
Fantastic Four 142 (1974) Buckler                  Fantastic Four 124 (1972) J. Buscema

 Both Bens above may be based on this Kirby Ben. 
Fantastic Four 76-WorldsWithinWorlds
Fantastic Four 75 (1968) Kirby

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 3) Medusa's Silken Strands

Fantastic Four 142-NoFriendBesideHim-Conway
Fantastic Four #142 (1974) Buckler
Buckler's Medusa may have been inspired by this Buscema panel from FF #129...
Fantastic Four 129-Medusa-FrightfulFourPlusOne
Fantastic Four #129 (1972) John Buscema

...and in turn, Buscema's panel may have been inspired by this Kirby panel. 
FantasticFour60-Doom-SilverSurfer
Fantastic Four #60 (1967) Jack Kirby

Monday, September 15, 2014

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 2) Reed's Ray Gun

 FF #142 was Rich Buckler's first issue as the FF's regular penciler and like John Romita Sr. and John Buscema before him, Buckler had to maintain a visual consistency with the Kirby FF. In addition Buckler also had to provide continuity with popular predecessor Buscema's work. Joe Sinnott finished many of Buscema's and Buckler's issues, adding to the seamless B-to-B transition. 
  
Here's an example from FF #142 of Buckler's take on the Buscema musculature combined with a Kirby-inspired panel. 
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Fantastic Four #142 (1974) Buckler




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Fantastic Four #40 (1965) Kirby

And here's the Buscema version from the preceding issue, FF #141 (Buckler's #142 panel is a flashback of this scene). 
Fantastic Four 141-EndofFantasticFour
Fantastic Four #141 (1974) John Buscema

Friday, September 12, 2014

Fantastic Four #153 (Pt 23) Finally, the Finale!

The last page of FF #153's "Worlds In Collision." 
Fantastic Four 153-Thundra-Mahkizmo
Fantastic Four #153 (1974) Rich Buckler

Breaking it down: 
Fantastic Four 153-Medusa-Mahkizmo-Thundra
Fantastic Four #153 (1974) Buckler--doesn't Medusa look out of place here?
Fantastic Four 66-WhatLurksBehindthe Beehive
Fantastic Four #66 (1967) Jack Kirby


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Fantastic Four #153 (1974) Buckler
Fantastic Four 75-WorldsWithinWorlds-Surfer
Fantastic Four #75 (1968) Kirby


Fantastic Four 153-WorldsinCollision-Buckler
Fantastic Four #153 (1974) Buckler
Fantastic Four 66-Kirby-BenGrimm
And once again, Fantastic Four #66 (1967)--Kirby natch!

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Fantastic Four #153 (Pt 22) Panel 8, Penultimate Page - Medusa Spaces Out

#153's Reed and Ben may be partly based on Kirby's opening splash of FF #100 (1970), but Medusa here is pretty much a twin of John Buscema's Medusa from the opening splash of Fantastic Four #141. Johnny's legs and feet make stellar appearances in both panels too.  
Fantastic Four 153-WorldsInCollision
Cover-dated December 1974 - Fantastic Four #153 - Buckler
Fantastic Four 141-EndofFantasticFour
A mere year earlier! Cover-dated December 1973 - Fantastic Four #141 - by Big John Buscema

Fantastic Four 153-WorldsInCollision
Fantastic Four #153 (1974) Page 30

Monday, September 8, 2014

Friday, September 5, 2014

Fantastic Four #153 (Pt 19) Panels 2 and 3, Penultimate Page - Beware the Hidden Land

Continuing with page 30 from FF #153:  let's check out panels two and three.  These are based on consecutive panels from 1966's Fantastic Four #47. 
Fantastic Four 153-WorldsInCollision
Fantastic Four #153 (1974) Rich Buckler
Fantastic Four 47-BewareHiddenLand-Inhumans
Fantastic Four #47 (1966) Jack Kirby

Breaking it down:
Fantastic Four 153-Mahkizmo-Thundra
Fantastic Four #153 (1974) Buckler
Fantastic Four 47-Inhumans-LeeKirby
Fantastic Four #47 (1966) Kirby
Fantastic Four 153-1974-Thundra-Mahkizmo
FF 153-Buckler
Fantastic Four 47-BewareHiddenLand
FF 47-Kirby


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