Happy 98th Birthday, Jack "King" Kirby (1917 - 1994)!

[Dave Monroe]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kirby

http://kirbymuseum.org

http://marvel.com/news/comics/25014/jack_kirby_week_kirby4heroes

Floundering Four, the

674-80; (1) Myrtle Miraculous - performs miracles--"love is the only
miracle that's beyond her"; (2) Maximilian - Negro with natural
rhythms ("all rhythms, up to and including the cosmic")--"never. . .go
any further into danger than its dapperness"; (3) Marcel - "a
mechanical chessplayer" ("exquisite 19th-century brainwork")--"much
too literal with humans"; (4) Slothrop. Each is gifted and flawed by
his gift. Mission: rescue the Radiant Hour.

http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=F

"Loren Passerine, on his podium, hovered like a puppet-master, his
eyes bright, his smile practiced and relentless." (Lot 49, Ch. 6, p.
183)

http://www.maxxmktg.com/fantastic8.jpg

https://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0109&msg=59200

http://genius.com/Thomas-pynchon-the-crying-of-lot-49-chapter-6-annotated
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