Fantastic Four #144 (Pt 10) Mr. Fantastic

Fantastic Four #144 (1974) Rich Buckler

Fantastic Four #59 (1967) Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four #147 Part 4

Continuing with our look at Fantastic Four #147, here's the next page.

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Rich Buckler

The breakdown: 

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Buckler

Fantastic Four #38 (1965) Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Rich Buckler

                                                     

Fantastic Four Annual #1 (1963) Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Buckler

1963's Fantastic Four Annual #1 again,  Kirby

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Buckler

Fantastic Four #83 (1969) Kirby

Psst--take a look the page's first panel here. 

Fantastic Four #147 Part 3 - Sub-Mariner, Black Bolt and Klaw

Let's take a look at the five panels that comprise page 15 of FF #147.  

Page 15 Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Rich Buckler

Breaking it down: 

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Rich Buckler

Fantastic Four #64 (1967) Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Rich Buckler

Fantastic Four #56 (1966) Jack Kirby

The following: Maybe, maybe not...What do you think?
These next sequences are more in the "somewhat based on" category. Perhaps inspired by?  Namor's positioning in this panel tier could be based on Black Bolt and Reed's in a tier from Fantastic Four #47.

Sub-Mariner in Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Buckler

Fantastic Four #47 (1966) Kirby

In addition, the detailing for those two #147 panels may be based on Kirby's Namor in Captain America #112. I love these Namor panels! ❤

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Buckler

Captain America #112 (1969) Kirby

Namor close-up, Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Buckler

Namor close-up, Captain America #112 (1969) Kirby

The jaw, neck and shoulders look alike here. 

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Buckler

Fantastic Four #59 (1966) Kirby

Fantastic Four #147 (Pt 2) The Sub-Mariner Strikes!

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Rich Buckler

Fantastic Four #46 (1966) Jack Kirby

It's a popular composition; Arvell Jones uses it in 1975's Iron Man #77.

Iron Man #77 (1975) Arvell Jones

Fantastic Four #147 Part 1

Some years ago over at the Two Girls, A Guy, and Some Comics blog when we discussed Fantastic Four #147,  I pointed out some Buckler panels that were based on Jack Kirby's Silver Age work. Well, as the saying goes: there's plenty more where that came from! 

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Rich Buckler

The above panel seems to include poses from these two panels from FF #51. 

Fantastic Four #51 (1966) Jack Kirby

Also from Fantastic Four #51

Many have noted a visual similarity between Namor's Romita Sr.-designed 1970s garb and a certain Inhuman. ;)

Fantastic Four #83 (1969) Kirby

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Buckler

Giant-Size Super-Stars #1 Part 2

Giant-Size Super-Stars #1 (1974) Rich Buckler

Fantastic Four #78 (1968) Jack Kirby

It wouldn't surprise me if this same issue, Fantastic Four #78, also inspired the GSSS sequence below--check out the imbibing; Bruce Banner and Johnny's expressions; Ben convivially slapping Bruce/Johnny on the back, etc. What do you think?

More from Giant-Size Super-Stars #1 - Buckler

More from Fantastic Four #78 - Kirby

Giant-Size Super-Stars #1 Part 1

Sure, it's a given that a lot of scenes in GSSS #1 were inspired by Fantastic Four #25-6 (another Hulk-Thing slugfest)...so what say we take the less traveled road here. For example, here are a couple of panels from 1974's Giant-Size Super-Stars #1 that looked to 1967's Fantastic Four #68 for inspiration.

Giant-Size Super-Stars #1 (1974) Rich Buckler

Fantastic Four #68 (1967) Jack Kirby

Giant-Size Super-Stars #1 (1974) Buckler

Fantastic Four #68 (1967) Kirby

The above is a standard Kirby pose; for instance, Jack also used it just an issue earlier, in Fantastic Four #67

Fantastic Four #67 (1967) Kirby
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Fantastic Four #144 (Pt 9) More Ben Grimm

Fantastic Four #144 (1974) Rich Buckler

Fantastic Four #69 (1967) Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four #144 (Pt 8) Ben Grimm

1967: Fantastic Four #65 - Jack Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four #144 - Rich Buckler