Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 10) Three-Part Thing

1968: Fantastic Four #70 Jack Kirby

                            

                  1974: Fantastic Four #142 Rich Buckler                             

More Fantastic Four #142 here and here...and who could ever forget this one?😉

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 #142 (Pt 8) More Alicia Masters

FF #142 (1974) Buckler

FF #67 (1967) Kirby

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 7) Darkoth is Watching...

Darkoth - Fantastic Four #142 (1974) Rich Buckler

Monster from the Lost Lagoon - Fantastic Four #97 (1970) Jack Kirby 

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 6) Thoom! Ftooom!

 These two sequential panels (different pages) by Buckler in 1974's FF #142...

...are based on this panel sequence from 1967's Fantastic Four #65. 

Fantastic Four #65 (1967) Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 5) Bookends à la Ben

A pretty standard Ben pose:

Fantastic Four 142 (1974) Buckler                  Fantastic Four 124 (1972) J. Buscema

 Both Bens above may be based on this Kirby Ben. 

Fantastic Four 75 (1968) 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 #142 (Pt 3) Medusa's Silken Strands

Fantastic Four #142 (1974) Buckler

Buckler's Medusa may have been inspired by this Buscema panel from FF #129...

Fantastic Four #129 (1972) John Buscema

...and in turn, Buscema's panel may have been inspired by this Kirby panel. 

Fantastic Four #60 (1967) Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four #142 (Pt 2) Reed's Ray Gun

 FF #142 was Rich Buckler's first issue as the FF's regular penciler and like John Romita Sr. and John Buscema before him, Buckler had to maintain a visual consistency with the Kirby FF. In addition Buckler also had to provide continuity with popular predecessor Buscema's work. Joe Sinnott finished many of Buscema's and Buckler's issues, adding to the seamless B-to-B transition. 
  
Here's an example from FF #142 of Buckler's take on the Buscema musculature combined with a Kirby-inspired panel. 

Fantastic Four #142 (1974) Buckler

Fantastic Four #40 (1965) Kirby

And here's the Buscema version from the preceding issue, FF #141 (Buckler's #142 panel is a flashback of this scene). 

Fantastic Four #141 (1974) John Buscema

Fantastic Four #142

This has been posted before, but what the heck! Let's take another look at Rich Buckler's homage to an iconic Kirby panel. This is the last page of 1974's Fantastic Four #142,  Buckler's first issue as the regular FF penciler. 

1974: Fantastic Four #142- Rich Buckler

And here's Jack Kirby's page 14 from 1969's FF #87. You've got to love the mouth-watering details in Kirby's work! As many have noted, some years later there was a rather similar-looking scene in a certain very famous sci fi megahit movie. ;)

1969: Fantastic Four #87 - Jack Kirby

Buckler's Doom was immortalized on the Marvel Value Stamp. 

#142's Medusa and her head-tilt may be based on #87's Sue here.