Fantastic Four #168 (Pt 7) Ben Grimm and Alicia Masters à deux

1968: Fantastic Four #79 - Jack Kirby

1976: Fantastic Four #168 - Rich Buckler

                                         

Fantastic Four #168 (Pt 6) Ben, Alicia, Johnny, Crystal--and O'Hoolihan (Who?!)

Fantastic Four #168 (1976) Buckler           Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Kirby

Fantastic Four #168 (1976) Buckler          Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Kirby 

Fantastic Four #168 (1976) Buckler

Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Kirby


The panels on the pages

Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four #168 (1976) Rich Buckler

And as we saw last time, the second panel on the #168 page was inspired by a panel from Fantastic Four #79. 

Fantastic Four #168 (Pt 5) Ben Grimm, Ladies' Man

There are a lot of Fantastic Four #79 recalls in #168 (both issues feature the Thing in his pre-cosmic rays Ben Grimm form). We'll start with these: 

1968: Fantastic Four #79 Jack Kirby

1976: Fantastic Four #168 Buckler

Fantastic Four #168 (Pt 4) Ben and Johnny Storm Out--Plus Profiles

More Fantastic Four #44 and #168

1965: Fantastic Four #44 - Jack Kirby                              1976: Fantastic Four #168 - Rich Buckler     

Let's face it--it's pretty clear that Buckler had #44 nearby. Here's an example of how #44 helped suggest character position/placement within a panel, with Johnny and Ben:

Top: 1965: Fantastic Four #44       
Bottom: 1976: Fantastic Four #168 

                                       

Fantastic Four #158 (Pt 1) Big Ben--plus Alicia and Crystal

1967: Fantastic Four #66   Jack Kirby

1975: Fantastic Four #158  Rich Buckler



Guess Crystal and Alicia shopped at the same stores and went to the same hairdresser
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1975: Alicia, Fantastic Four #158                  1967: Crystal, Fantastic Four #65

Crystal  (with Sue) in the full Kirby panel from Fantastic Four #65.

1967: Fantastic Four #65 Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four #157 (Pt 2) Silver Surfer's Soulful Stare

1966: Fantastic Four #49 Jack Kirby

1975: Fantastic Four #157 Rich Buckler

Kirby and Tuska: Fantastic Four #66 and Iron Man #49

1967: Fantastic Four #66 - Jack Kirby              1972: Iron Man #49- George Tuska

The images in context 

1967: Fantastic Four #66                                        1972: Page 4 splash from Iron Man #49

More Kirby and Tuska here and here.

Angelic Alicia by Buscema, Wilson and Sinnott

1971: Fantastic Four #107 J. Buscema/Sinnott
I ♥♥♥ Buscema's Ben

1977: Fantastic Four #181 Ron Wilson/Sinnott

Joltin' Joe Sinnott--as always--keeps it consistent. 

More Tuska! Fantastic Four #67 and Ghost Rider #13

       1975: Ghost Rider #13 George Tuska            1967: Fantastic Four #67 Jack Kirby           

 The full Jack Kirby panel.

1967: Fantastic Four #67 Kirby

Fantastic Four #147 (Pt 41) Sub-Mariner and Alicia's Beehive Guide aka Dr. Hamilton

Top: Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Rich Buckler
Bottom: Fantastic Four #67 (1967) Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 9) Ben and Alicia

1963: Fantastic Four 15 - Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four 142 - Buckler

Pretty standard, routine shots; possibly "suggested by."

Fantastic Four #135 - Alicia Masters Twice as Nice

Two-panel Alicia sequence by John Buscema in FF #135.

1973: Fantastic Four 135 

Possibly inspired by some older Alicia panels. Breaking it down:

             1973: Fantastic Four 135-Buscema        1962: Fantastic Four 8-Kirby        

          1973: Fantastic Four 135-Buscema           1964: Fantastic Four 29-Kirby                    

Fantastic Four #126 (Pt 5) Alicia Up Close and Personal

A couple of pretty Alicia pics--both inked by Joe Sinnott, natch!

Fantastic Four 126 (1972) Buscema

Fantastic Four 49 (1966) Kirby

Fantastic Four #115 (Pt 2) Reed, Ben and Fantastic Four #32

This Buscema Sue-Reed panel had always reminded me of this FF #32 Alicia-Ben panel by Kirby:

Fantastic Four 115 (1971) John Buscema              Fantastic Four 32 (1964) Jack Kirby

Other similar, perhaps suggested by scenarios in proximity to the above, such as here...  

Fantastic Four 115 (1971) Buscema                 Fantastic Four 32 (1964) Kirby

...and here, with Reed taking center stage in both #115 and 32. 

Fantastic Four 115 (1971) Buscema

Fantastic Four 32 (1964) Kirby

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Pt 9) The Whizzer and Alicia Masters

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (1974) Buckler

Fantastic Four #55 (1966) Kirby

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 8) More Alicia Masters

FF #142 (1974) Buckler

FF #67 (1967) Kirby

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 4) Alicia and the Great Stone Face

Standard Ben-Alicia shot.

FF #142 (1974) Buckler

FF #8 (1962) Kirby

Bonus! Ramona Fradon's FF.

Fantastic Four #133 (1973) - Fradon

Fantastic Four #153 (Pt 21) Panel 6, Penultimate Page - Alicia and Ben...and Zardoz?!

Fantastic Four #153 (1974) Buckler

Fantastic Four #19 (1963) Kirby

Fantastic Four #153 (1974) Page 30

Fantastic Four #150 (Pt 6) Ben Grimm, Alicia Masters and Sue Richards

Fantastic Four #150 (1974) Buckler                                  Fantastic Four #99 ( 1970) Kirby

Fantastic Four #149 (Pt 5) Medusa and Alicia Masters

Continuing with page 2 from Fantastic Four #149, let's check out a couple of Medusa panels from the bottom tier on that page, specifically the first and last panels here. 

Bottom of page 2 from Fantastic Four #149 (1974) 

Panel 1

Fantastic Four #149   Buckler

Alicia in Fantastic Four #67 (1967) Jack Kirby


And "perhaps" for Panel 3:
That last panel of Medusa running down a circular, tunnel-like area may have been suggested by another  Alicia panel in #67, or maybe not...it's  a fairly typical perspective shot that's often used to depict someone running away.  

Fantastic Four #67- Jack Kirby