Publisher:
Marvel Comics Group
Cover Date:
January, 1976
Art Type:
Panel
Story:
“2001: A Space Odyssey”
History:
Published
Size:
11.5 x 17.4 in. (29.2 x 44.2 cm)
Credits:
Penciler:
Jack Kirby
Inker:
Frank Giacoia
Letterer:
John Costanza
Notes:
Top portion of the back scan is missing.In the published issue, the bottom 2 panels is a single wide panel – the panel with the next issue lettering was eliminated.
Average Rating:
My Rating:
Pencils
In the Kirby Museum there is a gallery with almost all the pencils of the 2001 Treasury edition.
Here there's the pencils of this page, which was very hard to ink:
http://kirbymuseum.org/gallery/v/1976+-+2001+A+Space+Odyssey/Treasury/20...
Reminds Me
Looking at the pencils I'm reminded of the DC Omnibus which reprints all of Kirby's 50's science fiction shorts. Many of those feature Kirby using very finely detailed cross-hatching like you see in the pencils linked to by Ferran.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZamSC9DM6sM/TbrZ3R4NEjI/AAAAAAAAQfQ/lDckGA7QWG...
http://kirbymuseum.org/gallery/v/1976+-+2001+A+Space+Odyssey/Treasury/20...
Final Panel
I thought something looked different about this page of original art...and when I compared it to the printed version, my suspicion was confirmed. Jack's final panel has been completely eliminated in the printed book, with the last shot of the Star-Child extended to fill the entire width of the page. It's interesting to see, from Kirby's original blurb, just how far ahead he had things planned out, as "Beast Killer" was indeed the star of the first issue of the monthly 2001 comic book.
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