Alarming Tales #2 (November 1957) “I Want To Be a Man”, pencils by Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby and robots!! Seems Jack had an affinity with robots. Go Jack!
Alarming Tales #2 (November 1957) “I Want To Be a Man”, pencils by Jack Kirby
Robots appeared relatively frequently in Kirby stories during this period (Year of the Robots). I have no good explanation for this. Yes robots appeared in various science fiction movies but none quite like the type of robots that Kirby created. His as large and distinctly mechanical. The one in “I Want to be a Man” is filled with mechanical forms. Throughout his career Kirby had a love of what I call Techno Art (Some Early Jack Kirby Techno Art). Such art would include a multitude of shapes and devices that serve no purpose other than to suggest advanced technology.
~Joe
