KIRBY 'KOCK-UPS' PART ELEVEN - REJECTED COVER FOR THOR #141...

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This one's a real turkey.  The figure of REPLICUS is awkward, distorted even, and the size of his right foot doesn't match his left.  Former KIRBY assistant MARK EVANIER has expressed uncertainty that the rejected page is even by Jack and, in doing so, thereby demonstrates that one can sometimes be too close to a subject to be truly objective.  One could argue that Jack's autograph is the last word on the matter, but not necessarily so.  If he was attending a comics convention and was presented with a page to sign that looked like his work, unless he had cause to doubt its authenticity, he would've smiled and added his mighty moniker. 

Signed or not, however, it's clearly pencilled by Jack (and inked by VINCE COLLETTA), but it's undoubtedly a 'Kirby Kock-Up' that STAN LEE was correct to reject in favour of a cobbled together cover using enhanced panels from the interior issue.

(Incidentally, the original art for the cover still exists, and Jack's pencils can be seen under Vinnie's inks.)