Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 44) See SomeThing in All That Kirby Krackle? ;)

1969: Fantastic Four #70  Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four #148 Buckler

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 43) More Fantastic Four #79

1974: Fantastic Four #148  Buckler

1968: Fantastic Four #79  Kirby

This same page in FF #148 has other images that may have been inspired by compositions in #79. Take a look:

1974: Fantastic Four #148                         1968: Fantastic Four #79

1968: Fantastic Four #79

1974: Fantastic Four #148 

The panels on the pages: here's the page from Fantastic Four #148...

1974: Fantastic Four #148

...and pages 14 and 15 from Fantastic Four #79. 

1968: Fantastic Four #79

More of the Fantastic Four #79 and #148 connection here.  

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 42) Red Torch, Blue Torch--Pulled From the Pages of Fantastic Four #78

A page from Fantastic Four #148--the Torches in panels 2, 3 and 4 are based on images from Fantastic Four #78. 

1974: Page from Fantastic Four #148

The breakdown: 

Top: Fantastic Four #148 (1974) Buckler
Bottom: Fantastic Four #78 (1968) Kirby

Top: Fantastic Four #148 (1974)
Bottom: Fantastic Four #78 (1968)

Top: Fantastic Four #148 (1974)
Bottom: Fantastic Four #78 (1968)

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 41) The Sandman Cometh

1965: Fantastic Four #42 Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four #148 Buckler
Buckler really amps up Sandy here and makes him look very muscular and imposing!

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 40) Baxter Building Elevator Shaft

1965: Fantastic Four #40 Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four #148 Buckler

Psst--remember who got stuck in these elevators? ;) 

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 39) Baxter Building Roof

1970: Fantastic Four #95 Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four #148 Buckler

The panels in position on the pages:

Page 3, Fantastic Four #95 (1970)                 Page 2, Fantastic Four #148 (1974)
"Tomorrow--World War Three!"                              "War on the Thirty-Sixth Floor!"

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 38) Reed and Ben Classic Stance

Top: Fantastic Four #148 (1974) Buckler
Bottom: Fantastic Four #91 (1969)  Kirby

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 37) Thundra and Torch Stand By Reed

1974: Fantastic Four #148  Buckler

1965: Fantastic Four #43 Kirby

Click here for a recap of Fantastic Four #148.

Next: 

Giant-Size Avengers #1, published in May 1974. After that we'll return to the FF, specifically Fantastic Four #149, which was published a couple of weeks after G-S A 1. 

Giant-Size Avengers #1                                       Fantastic Four #149

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 36) Thor, Hercules, Ben and Sandman

1974: Fantastic Four #148  Rich Buckler

1965: Journey Into Mystery Annual #1  Jack Kirby

The Thor-Hercules image is from the Kirby JiM Annual #1 cover, below. And it could be that the smaller-sized JiM Annual #1 house ad (seen in FF #42 and #43, for example) was used as the foundation for the FF #148 Thing-Sandman image.

Journey Into Mystery Annual #1

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 35) Cap 'n' Trapster Are the Bee's Knees...Plus Gil Kane!

1974: Fantastic Four #148  Rich Buckler

1966: Tales of Suspense #85  Jack Kirby

Bonus! Gil Kane's Kirbyesque Cap, a few issues later in ToS #88

Tales of Suspense #88 Gil Kane

Like many other Marvel pencilers, Gil Kane was asked to approximate Kirby's dynamic storytelling. Check out Kane's 1960s Captain America Suspense run and you'll see plenty of Kirby references--another Cap example here!   

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 34) Captain America, Thundra and Sandman

Fantastic Four #148 (1974) Buckler

Fantastic Four Annual #3 (1965) Kirby

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 33) Here Comes the Bashful Blue-Eyed Thing

1965: Fantastic Four #40  Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four #148  Buckler

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 32) Dr. Doom and Wizard--Great Minds Think Alike

L.  Fantastic Four #40 (1965) Kirby               R.  Fantastic Four #148 (1974) Buckler

Here's the #148 sequence:  

Fantastic Four #148 (19745) Buckler

The Kirby panels are from Fantastic Four #40 page 9... 

...and page 16. 

Fantastic Four #40 (1965) Kirby

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 31) Medusa, Wizard, Human Torch, Dr. Doom

 Fantastic Four 148 (1974)                      Fantastic Four 40 (1965)
Buckler                                        Kirby

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 30) Mr. Fantastic and the Wizard

1968: Fantastic Four #78  Jack Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four #148  Rich Buckler

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 29) Reed's Ray Gun Redux

In the FF#148 sequence, Reed claims he's "just rigged" the new tracing device he's holding --but it sure looks awfully similar to the Power Amplifier he used back in #40. Either Reed revamped the first device or else he really likes that design for his doohickeys!

1974: Fantastic Four #148  Buckler

1965: Fantastic Four #40  Kirby

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 28) Wingless Wizard

     Fantastic Four #43 (1965) Kirby                            Fantastic Four #148 (1974) Buckler                    

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 27) Back to the Whomb

1974: Fantastic Four #148  Buckler

1965: Fantastic Four #43  Kirby

Fantastic Four #148 (Pt 26) Ben Lunges

1974: Fantastic Four #148  Buckler

1968: Fantastic Four #81  Kirby