Fantastic Four #147 (Pt 46) Sub-Mariner and the Original Human Torch Back to Back

   

1974: Fantastic Four #147 Buckler

              

1966: Fantastic Four Annual #4  Jack Kirby

Psst! Did you notice that most of the panels on the last page of #147 are based on images from 1966's FF Annual #4? Why don't we take a look at the page in question: 

Fantastic Four #147's last page

Check out the Fantastic Four Annual #4 sources here: 
Panel one
Panel two, as seen recently
Panel three above
Panel four

The only panel not from FF Annual #4 is panel five, Namor and Sue, which is based on a panel from 1967's Fantastic Four #66.

Fantastic Four #147 (Pt 44) Sub-Mariner and Two Torches

1974: Fantastic Four #147  Buckler

1966: Fantastic Four Annual #4 Kirby

Fantastic Four #118 (Pt 2) Classic Reed and Sue Again

FF 118 (1972) Buscema

FF Annual 4 (1966) Kirby

Hey wait a sec, didn't we just see this very same FF Annual # 4 Reed 'n' Sue image a few posts ago? Check out that Fantastic Four 113-Classic Reed and Sue post right here.

Fantastic Four #113 - Classic Reed and Sue

Fantastic Four 113 (1971) Buscema              Fantastic Four Annual 4 (1966) Kirby

Not a swipe, just a popular pose for Reed and Sue. John Buscema will do another variation on it in just a few issues. Rich Buckler liked it too :) --you can check out his versions here and here. 

And for more Buscema and FF #113, take a look here.

Fantastic Four #107 (Pt 3) Johnny Misses Crystal

Fantastic Four #107 (1971) John Buscema

Fantastic Four Annual #4 (1966) Jack Kirby

Okay, it's mostly the angle--and of course the inimitable Sinnott touch 😁. 

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Pt 13) Scarlet Witch and Invisible Woman

We've already seen the source for the Whizzer in More Classic Kirby, so today it's Wanda's turn--hip hip hooray! ;)

FF Annual #4 (1966) Kirby

GS Avengers #1 (1974) Buckler

The full Kirby panel from 1966's Fantastic Four Annual #4: 

Fantastic Four Annual #4 (1966) Jack 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) 

Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Pt 2) Fantastic Four Annual #4

It's well known that there's a lot of Fantastic Four Annual #4-inspired art in 1974's Giant-Size Avengers #1--check out some examples below. And yes, I previously posted a few of these back in March 2010 over at Van Plexico's Avengers Assemble forum--but I really like these, so I'm reposting 'em here! 

Buckler GSA #1 (1974) on the left;  Kirby FF Annual #4 (1966) on the right. 

And bringing up the rear...oh, and in case you were wondering: that's Miss America and the Whizzer in the panel on the left; and  Johnny Storm and Wyatt Wingfoot on the right. 

Top: Giant-Size Avengers #1 (1974) Buckler

Bottom: Fantastic Four Annual #4 (1966) Kirby

Top: Giant-Size Avengers #1 (1974) Buckler

Bottom: Fantastic Four Annual #4 (1966) Kirby

Fantastic Four #147 (Pt 17) FF, Medusa and Wyatt Wingfoot

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Rich Buckler

Fantastic Four Annual #4 (1966) Jack Kirby

And take a closer look at the #147 Subby; doesn't it look like he and Wyatt Wingfoot could be brothers? ;) Here, the head tilt, neck and chest match up nicely. 

Fantastic Four #147

Fantastic Four #59 (1967) Kirby

Fantastic Four #147 (Pt 16) Medusa Gets Her Man!

Fantastic Four #147 (1974) Rich Buckler

Fantastic Four Annual #4 (1966) Jack Kirby