We begin a new arc of never-reprinted tales...
...with the premiere story from Jack Kirby's sequel series to 2001: a Space Odyssey!
(Note: I'm pretty sure this was meant to be the left side of a two-page spread, but Marvel's cutting the page count from 18 to 17 for several months simply meant leaving out the right-hand page!)
Not exactly what Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke had in mind, I'll wager.
We see the mysterious Monolith and spacesuits designed for the movie along with a transition from past to future mirroring the one in the film, but that's about all that carries over from the cinematic experience...up to this point!
Written and penciled by Jack Kirby, inked by Mike Royer,
Marvel's 2001: a Space Odyssey #1 (1976) diverged wildly from the movie and novel, going into a more pulp magazine/comic book universe where aliens were known to exist and interplanetary travel was commonplace!
How it actually links to the movie will be apparent in the conclusion.
BTW, thanks to
fellow blogger Rip Jagger for inspiring this new chapter in
Friday Fun.
His amazing
Tribute to Jack Kirby reminded me that I had already run half of The King's version of the world created by Clarke and Kubrick, and prompted me to re-present the series that hadn't seen the light of day since it's publication over 40 years ago,,,far too long for Kirbyphiles to be denied a look at it!
You can see the earlier installments by clicking on the titles...
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