Fantastic Four #168 (Pt 6) Ben, Alicia, Johnny, Crystal--and O'Hoolihan (Who?!)

Fantastic Four #168 (1976) Buckler           Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Kirby

Fantastic Four #168 (1976) Buckler          Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Kirby 

Fantastic Four #168 (1976) Buckler

Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Kirby


The panels on the pages

Fantastic Four #79 (1968) Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four #168 (1976) Rich Buckler

And as we saw last time, the second panel on the #168 page was inspired by a panel from Fantastic Four #79. 

Fantastic Four #161 (Pt 1) Romantic Reed Reassures Sue

Reed's romantic technique: gazing out a window...playfully touching Sue's chin...and finally, a clinch.

1975: Fantastic Four #161  Rich Buckler

1968: Fantastic Four #72  Jack Kirby

Breaking it down: 

Top: 1975, Fantastic Four #161   Buckler
Bottom: 1968, Fantastic Four #72  Kirby

1968: Fantastic Four #72  Kirby                                         1975: Fantastic Four #161  Buckler

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 #156 - Shalla, Surfer and Doom=Sharon, Steve and Skull

Shalla Bal's distraught expression in Fantastic Four #156 (l.) immediately reminded me of Sharon Carter's distraught expression in Captain America #104 (r.)...

1975: Fantastic Four #156-Rich Buckler     1968: Captain America #104-Jack Kirby       


     ...and that led me to--well, take a look 😉

1975: sequence from Fantastic Four #156 - Rich Buckler

1968: sequence from Captain America #104 - Jack Kirby

Breaking it down:  

1975: Fantastic Four #156 - Buckler             1968: Captain America #104 -Kirby

1975: Fantastic Four #156 - Buckler     1968: Captain America #104 -Kirby           

1975: Fantastic Four #156 - Buckler     1968: Captain America #104 -Kirby   

X-Men #34 and Dan Adkins

1967's X-Men #34 was an early Marvel penciling assignment for Dan Adkins, and back then the fanzines quickly pointed out just how heavily he'd relied on reference--check out just a few examples below (there are many more in the issue; take a look through it). Naturally Adkins looked to the Kirby X-Men issues for guidance--but guess what comic the second panel (Angel flying) is based on.

1967: X-Men #34  Dan Adkins

Okay, here's the breakdown:

1967: X-Men #34  DanAdkins

Yes, the pose is a standard one. Adkins repositions Angel a bit.

1965: X-Men #11  Jack Kirby

1967: X-Men #34 Adkins

1964: Tales of Suspense #60  Jack Kirby

1967: X-Men #34 Dan Adkins

1964: X-Men #8  Jack Kirby

1967: X-Men #34  Dan Adkins

1965: X-Men #10  Jack Kirby

Go to the head of the class if you remembered that Panel 2 has been featured on Panelocity😏

Fantastic Four #152 (Pt 15) Pulled From the Pages of Fantastic Four #93

1969: Fantastic Four #93 Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four #152  Buckler

1969: Fantastic Four #93 Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four #152 Buckler


The panels on the pages: 

         1969: Fantastic Four #93                              1974: Fantastic Four #152 

Fantastic Four #150 (Pt 26) Ben and Reed

1970: Fantastic Four #98  Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four #150 Buckler

1970: Fantastic Four #98  Kirby

1974: Fantastic Four #150 Buckler

The panels on the pages:

 Page 10, Fantastic Four #98. 

1970: Fantastic Four #98  Kirby

In #150 the panels are on pages 2 and 3. 

1974: Fantastic Four #150 Buckler

Fantastic Four #150 (Pt 21) Mr. Fantastic and the Thing

I knew this very awkward image of a flat-on-his-back Ben--look at that perspective and those weird, unThing-like legs!--was based on this panel from Fantastic Four #98...

1974: Fantastic Four 150 Buckler                  1970:  Fantastic Four 98 Kirby

...and then on the same pages, I saw these: 

1974: Fantastic Four #150  Buckler

1970: Fantastic Four #98 Jack Kirby

The panels on their respective pages:

1974: Fantastic Four  #150 

1970: Fantastic Four #98 

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.