Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 16) Incredible Hulk #123 and Fantastic Four #83 - Ben Makes A Point

Feb. 1969: Fantastic Four #83 Kirby

Jan. 1970: Hulk #123 Herb Trimpe

Trimpe and Kirby(Pt 15) Hulk #122 &123 and Fantastic Four #89 - Reed, Ben and Shiny Waxed Floors

Aug. 1969: Fantastic Four #89 Jack Kirby

Dec. 1969: Hulk #122  Herb Trimpe

And again, in Hulk #123.

Jan. 1970: Hulk #123  Trimpe

The full Kirby panel:

1969: Fantastic Four #89 Jack Kirby

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 13) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #88 - Mr. Fantastic Faces Front

July 1969: Fantastic Four #88 Jack Kirby

Dec. 1969: Hulk #122 Herb Trimpe

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 12) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #89 - It's Clobberin' Time!

Aug. 1969: Fantastic Four #89 Kirby

Dec. 1969: Hulk #122 Herb Trimpe

1969: Fantastic Four #89 Kirby                               1969: Hulk #122 Trimpe                    

 The panels on the pages: 

                         Fantastic Four #89 Kirby                Hulk #122 Trimpe                                          

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 11) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #83 - Reed Racer

Dec. 1969: Hulk #122 Trimpe

Feb. 1969: Fantastic Four #83 Kirby

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 10) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #89 - Johnny Storm

In the "inspired by" category...

Dec. 1969: Hulk #122 Trimpe

Aug. 1969: Fantastic Four #89 Kirby

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 9) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #85 - Classic Thing

Sure, it's a standard shot of Ben; but as we've seen, Trimpe was using Fantastic Four #85 for reference and inspiration. 

Dec. 1969: Hulk #122 Herb Trimpe

April 1969: Fantastic Four #85 Jack Kirby

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 8) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #89 - Sue Storms

1969: Fantastic Four #89 Kirby

1969: Hulk  #122 Trimpe

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 7) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #89 - Bodies in Motion

Aug.1969: Fantastic Four #89 Kirby

Dec.1969: Hulk  #122 Trimpe

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 6) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #89 - Reed Richards aka Stretcho

Aug. 1969: Fantastic Four #89 Kirby

Dec. 1969: Hulk #122 Herb Trimpe

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 5) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #83 - Reed and Johnny

Feb. 1969: Fantastic Four #83 Kirby

Dec. 1969: Hulk #122 Herb Trimpe

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 4) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #83 - Human Torch

Dec. 1969 Hulk #122 Herb Trimpe

Feb. 1969: Fantastic Four #83 Jack Kirby

Pssst--in the Trimpe panel, Sue and Crystal are again modeled after a Kirby panel from an FF issue we've seen already. Guess which issue!  

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 3) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #85 - Ben Gets Blasted

April 1969: Fantastic Four #85 Kirby

Dec. 1969: Hulk #122  Herb Trimpe

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 2) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #88 - Ben's Broad Back

July 1969: Fantastic Four #89 Jack Kirby

Dec. 1969: Hulk #122 Herb Trimpe

The full Trimpe panel in Hulk #122.

Hulk #122  Trimpe

Trimpe and Kirby (Pt 1) Incredible Hulk #122 and Fantastic Four #89

The late great Herb Trimpe's artwork was often called "Kirbyesque" so here we'll take a look at Trimpe's work on Hulk #122 and #123, which featured the Fantastic Four as guest stars. I never read Hulk back then but I was an FF fan, so for me it's fun to see these FF recalls. 

Trimpe was not used to drawing the FF and it was important to keep such well-known characters on model. It's pretty apparent Trimpe used several then-recent Fantastic Four issues, chiefly #83-#89, for inspiration/reference.These issues were probably on hand in the Marvel offices--remember, Trimpe was part of the Marvel production staff. 

Anyway, as we'll see in the next few posts Trimpe took some Kirby poses but added his own distinctive style to them. All in all, some great work by Mr. T!

Let's start with these covers, Fantastic Four #89 and Hulk #122. Both issues are from 1969: FF #89 was published in May 1969, around the time when Hulk #122 was being created, given a 4 month production lead time. Sure, there's Reed's fist in the forefront, but let's face it, that's a pretty common--and expected--Reed shot. Here I'm more interested in Sue and Crystal. 

Aug. 1969: Fantastic Four #89  Jack Kirby                            Dec. 1969: Incredible Hulk #122 Herb Trimpe                 

A closer look at the two covers: 

Here's a close-up of Sue and Crystal on the FF #89 cover...

...and on the Hulk #122 cover.

Giant-Size Fantastic Four #3 (Pt 11) Classic FF Reaction Shot

1966: Fantastic Four #49  Jack Kirby

1974: Giant-Size Fantastic Four #3  Rich Buckler

Bonus! 

Anyone here remember that Fantastic Four "The House of Horrors" Big Little Book from 1968? The art is said to be by Herb Trimpe and John Verpooten and they do a great job channeling the classic Kirby-Sinnott FF, as you can see here:  

page from the Fantastic Four Big Little Book (1968)
Trimpe & Verpooten art