The spiritual sister of this blog, and where I got that nifty name, this issue published in 1998 by TwoMorrows Publishing doesn't have an actual cover by Alex Ross, of course, it's a Jack "King" Kirby cover of Fantastic Four's The Thing (left) but, this issue is a "flipbook" so, flip it over and you'll get that amazing cover of Captain America by Alex, painting over Mr. Kirby's dynamic pencils (right). The result? that gorgeous in-your-face cover of Cap battling those evil "Ratzis" from the early days of the comic book in the purest Kirby fashion but now with the added bonus of Alex's hyper-realism. Needless to say that Alex is a HUGE fan of Jack Kirby's art and was flabbergasted when he actually got to meet him at a convention while he was promoting Marvels, shortly before his passing in 1994 (this was mentioned in the HC and TPB editions of Marvels). Below you can see the original Jack Kirby penciled art next to the finished painted art by Alex Ross.
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