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 

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Pt 10) Wundagore Wonders

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (1974) Rich Buckler

Thor #134 (1966) Jack Kirby

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

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (1974) Buckler

Fantastic Four #55 (1966) Kirby

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

Giant-Size Avengers 1 (1974) Buckler           Fantastic Four Annual 4 (1966) Kirby

And then, on the same pages as the above panels:

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: 

Giant-Size Avengers 1 (1974)                again, Fantastic Four Annual 4 (1966) 

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

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

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (1974) Buckler

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! 

Fantastic Four #45 (1965) Kirby

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Pt 6) More Captain America

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (1974) Rich Buckler

Tales of Suspense #86 (1967) Jack Kirby

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Pt 5) Captain America and the Whizzer

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (1974) Rich Buckler

Captain America #103 (1968) Jack Kirby

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...

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 (1974) Buckler 

Page 14, Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Kirby

Pages 17 and 18, Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Kirby

Breaking it down: 

 FF #148 (1974) Buckler                                 FF #79 (1968) Kirby

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.  

        Top: FF #148 (1974) Buckler      
  Bottom: FF #79 (1968) Kirby

FF #148 (1974) Buckler                      FF #79 (1968) Kirby

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 24) Ben's Krakaboom

Don't ya just love it? ;)

Fantastic Four #148 (1974) Rich Buckler

Fantastic Four #42 (1965) Jack Kirby

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

Fantastic Four #148 (1974) Rich Buckler

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 (1974)

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 22) The Nucleus, the Straw That Stirs the Drink, the Miana ;)

Actually it's the wonderful Wizard of--ah, you know! 

Fantastic Four #148 (1974) Buckler

Fantastic Four #38 (1965) Jack Kirby

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

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