2 Months Ago, Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in Art of Romance, Chapter 20, Romance Still Matters) August 1952 – October 1952: Young Romance #48 – #50, Young Love #36 – #38, Young Brides #1) Number of Romance Titles 1947 – 1954 (the period covered in this chapter is shaded in blue) Simon and Kirby not only created the romance genre of comics, they also made quite a bit of money from it quite [......

And Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in Art of Romance, Chapter 19, More Artists) Young Romance #45 (May 1952) “The Things I Didn’t Know about Him”, art by Jack Kirby

“A Man for My Birthday” is listed in the Jack Kirby Checklist as drawn by Kirby and inked by Draut. Without doubt this is in error and Bill Draut did both pencils and inks.

7 Months Ago, Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in The Art of Romance, Chapter 13, Romance Bottoms Out) “My Tormented Heart” does not use the same letterer but then again not all Harvey comics that I have seen do. Both stories use the same splash page layout that is found in almost all Harvey romance comics. The title logo and the small circular caption are not typical for Simon and Kirby but can b...

8 Months Ago, Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in The Little Shop of Horrors, Chapter 1, Expanding Their Fields) Young Romance #23 (July 1950) house ad, art by Jack Kirby

Black Magic #2 (December 1950) “The Scorn of the Faceless People”, art by Jack Kirby

Black Magic #2 (December 1950) “The Scorn of the Faceless People” page 3, art by Jack Kirby

10 Months Ago, Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in It’s A Crime, Chapter 10, The Master and His Protégé) Justice Traps the Guilty #5 (July 1948), art by Jack Kirby

Justice Traps the Guilty #18 (September 1950), art by Jack Kirby

Justice Traps the Guilty #18 (September 1950) “Pirates of the Poor” page 9, art by Jack Kirby and Marvin Stein

13 Months Ago, Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in Prize Comics Western, a Rough History) Prize Comics Western #74 (March 1949), art by Al Carreno

Prize Comics Western #75 (May 1949), art by Jack Kirby

Prize Comics Western #85 (January 1951) “American Eagle”, art by John Severin

Prize Comics Western #118 (July 1956) “Liberty Belle”, art by Ted Galindo

14 Months Ago, Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in The Captain Aero Connections) The African American comic artist, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, only worked for Simon and Kirby for a short time (It’s A Crime Chapter 6 and Chapter 7) but left a lasting impression on Joe Simon who remembers him to this day. It is not the talented Hollingsworth that we saw in the art produced for Jo...

And Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in It’s A Crime, Chapter 8, The Chinese Detective) I also wanted to include an action page. Briefer shows he can handle action just as well he could humor. Dick Briefer’s Charlie Chan stories really are a testament to what a great artist he was. However Charlie Chan #5 would be the final Prize issue. Years later Simon and Kirby would sell the idea...

15 Months Ago, Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in It’s A Crime, Chapter 7, A Studio With Many Artists) Justice Traps the Guilty #6 (September 1948) “The Capture of One-Eye”, splash panel by Jack Kirby, story panels by unidentified artist

Justice Traps the Guilty #8 (January 1949) “Underworld Snob”, art by Jack Kirby and Warren Broderick

And Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in The Art of Romance, Chapter 9, More Romance) Young Romance #15 (November 1949) “Back Door Love”, art by Jack Kirby

Young Romance #16 (December 1949) “Dance Hall Pickup”, art by Jack Kirby

The Art of Romance, Chapter 8, Kirby on the Range?
Real West Romance & Western Love)

And Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in It’s A Crime, Chapter 5, Making a Commitment) Headline #26 (September 1947) “The Life and Death of Public Enemy Number One”, art by Jack Kirby

Headline #28 (February 1948) “I Worked For the Fence”, art by Jack Kirby

Headline #27 (November 1947) “Spirit Swindlers” page 7, art by Jack Kirby

18 Months Ago, Harry from Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center says (in The Art of Romance, Chapter 7, More Love on the Range) Leonard Starr can present somewhat of a challenge in recognizing his unsigned work. His drawing can vary somewhat from panel to panel. For instance generally his women have a child-like or elfin look. But then in another panel the woman’s face will have a more normal beauty. I am not sure, but I...