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?

Monday, December 22, 2014

Mad Maximus by Our Pal Sal and Pepe Larraz

You know, I always get a kick out of Maximus so I couldn't resist posting these: a panel from the very recent Inhuman #7, plus Sal Buscema's Max from a Bronze Age gem, Avengers #127. Not a swipe, but a nice use of reference IMO.


Inhuman 7 (2014) Pepe Larraz
Avengers 127 (1974)
Sal Buscema 

Friday, December 12, 2014

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Pt 8) Lockjaw and the All-Winners Squad


Fantastic Four Annual 4-OriginalHumanTorch
Giant-Size Avengers 1 (1974) Buckler           Fantastic Four Annual 4 (1966) Kirby
And then, on the same pages as the above panels:
Fantastic Four Annual 4-TorchThatWas
Giant-Size Avengers 1 (1974)                                  Fantastic Four Annual 4 (1966) 
We've seen this FF Annual #4 Sue/Reed panel elsewhere in GS Avengers #1.


Bonus! The Lockjaw FF Annual #4 panel shown above may also have been the template for another panel in GS Avengers #1: 
Fantastic Four Annual 4-OriginalHumanTorch
Giant-Size Avengers 1 (1974)                again, Fantastic Four Annual 4 (1966) 

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Big John Buscema - Front to Back

BRONZE AGE BUSCEMA!

Buscema-Avengers 109 (Mar. 1973)



Buscema-Fantastic Four 136 (July 1973)

John Buscema
 December 11 1927 - January 10 2002

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Pt 7) Captain America and Whizzer Again


Giant Size Avengers 1-RichBuckler-Thomas
Giant-Size Avengers #1 (1974) Buckler
Captain America 105-InNameofBatroc
Captain America #105 (1968) Kirby

A possible inspiration-This image of Wanda has always reminded me of Crystal from Fantastic Four #45. Sure, it's not a slam dunk like Cap/Whizzer above--it's mostly the shape/length of the foregrounded leg, the shading to hint at the other leg in the background, set of the torso, etc.--but I love both Wanda and Crystal, so I'm including these! 
GiantSizeAvengers1-Thomas-Buckler
Fantastic Four 45-Crystal-Johnny
Fantastic Four #45 (1965) Kirby

Friday, December 5, 2014

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 25) Pulled From the Pages of Fantastic Four 79

I knew this particular FF #148 panel was based on a panel from 1968's #79...
Fantastic Four 79-AMonsterForever
FF #148 (1974) Buckler                                             FF #79 (1968) Kirby                         
...and then I saw that all five of the panels on that #148 page were inspired by the same fight sequence in #79!  Here's the page from Fantastic Four #148, followed by three pages from Fantastic Four #79: 
Fantastic Four 148-FrightfulFour
Fantastic Four #148 (1974) Buckler 

Fantastic Four 79-BenGrimm-Thing
Page 14, Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Kirby
Fantastic Four 79-MonsterForever-BenGrimm
Pages 17 and 18, Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Kirby
Breaking it down: 
Fantastic Four 79-Fantastic Four 148
 FF #148 (1974) Buckler                                 FF #79 (1968) Kirby
Fantastic Four 79-BenGrimm
FF #148 (1974) Buckler                                                   FF #79 (1968) Kirby 

You may already be familiar with this one; it's a popular example of a Kirby-inspired panel.  
Fantastic Four 79-RThing-MonsterNoMore
        Top: FF #148 (1974) Buckler      
  Bottom: FF #79 (1968) Kirby

Fantastic Four 79-BenGrimm-Lee-Kirby
FF #148 (1974) Buckler                      FF #79 (1968) Kirby



Thursday, December 4, 2014

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 23) Such a Thoughtful Thing


Fantastic Four 148-WarThirtySixthFloor
Fantastic Four #148 (1974) Rich Buckler
Fantastic Four Annual 3-BedlamBaxterBuilding-NickFury
Fantastic Four Annual #3 (1965) Jack Kirby


Here's the complete panel tier from #148. If the first panel looks familiar, that's because it too was inspired by Fantastic Four Annual #3--remember? ;)
Fantastic Four 148-Conway-Buckler-Thundra
Fantastic Four #148 (1974)

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Monday, December 1, 2014

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 21) Frightful Four and Human Torch

Fantastic Four 42 Frightful Four
Fantastic Four #148 (1974) Buckler                     Fantastic Four #42 (1965) Kirby

The #148 Wizard (above) is from another panel in Fantastic Four #42. We've seen this panel before, remember? ;)
Fantastic Four 42 Lee-Kirby                                                        
 Fantastic Four #42                                                                         
              

Monday, November 24, 2014

Fantastic Four #147 (Pt 32) More Thing, Thor and Sub-Mariner


Fantastic Four 147-Buckler-GerryConway-SubMariner
Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Rich Buckler
Fantastic Four 73-FlamesofBattle-Thor-Daredevil-Lee-Kirby
Fantastic Four #73 (1968) Jack Kirby

It's from the classic Kirby Fantastic Four #73 cover.
Fantastic Four #73, with Thor, Spider-Man and Daredevil!


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Fantastic Four #147 (Pt 29) Someone's Got Some Explainin' To Do

             
Fantastic Four 147 (1974) Buckler
Dialogue: Gerry Conway
Fantastic Four 32 (1964) Kirby
Dialogue: Stan Lee
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