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Two to Astonish

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ASTONISHING , I SAY!
That tale was nothing short of astonishing

The vanguard of a new revolution took shape ages before my time
An artistic revolution leapt from the pages of the Sunday Times
Directly into the hands of those salivating youngsters
For just 10 CENTS!

This wasn’t kids’ stuff anymore
Nope, this stuff was downright dangerous like Elvis was dangerous
Society was changing for the worse!
Nah NONSENSE!

This is high art, man, just look at those crazy colors
The stories and the names of the characters are just bizarre
Equally astonishing though
With all the mutants & radioactive spiders & gamma radiation
It’s a new paranormal God-zoo in Technicolor

A good revolution must have a leader and in this case, two
There’s just no way this sort of stuff comes out of the mind of one guy
Will the spokespeople kindly step forward?

On behalf of generations of believers in the astonishing,
For all those who willingly suspend disbelief
For all those who know that with great power comes great responsibility
I hereby bestow knighthood upon
JACK KIRBY and STAN LEE
No one uses words like spectacular or astonish anymore, except critics for Broadway musicals. On a (relatively) serious note, this poem is just a quick nod to two guys who jump-started my creativity in ways I'm still feeling.
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GothicPhobia's avatar
nice words, very true.
Oh, i remember that FF pic, its the one with the human torch having screwed up hands i think, two right or two left or something like that.
Jack Kirby is a famous artist, a pioneer of what comic art is today to some extent even, but even he made mistakes. Ditko was one of my early faves, then again artwise my idols these days end up being John Byrne and or still Angel Medina (I'm a spawn fanatic, so sew me)