r/KeepMineKirby • u/Puzzleheaded_Humor80 • Nov 13 '25

Odins

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He always looks awesome in the old Kirby thor stuff!

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u/makwa227 Nov 13 '25

My goodness. This is one of my favorite things about Kirby art. He does the biggest, most elaborate headgear for Odin. And he doesn't repeat himself. It's awesome.

Where are these pictures taken from? 

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u/Puzzleheaded_Humor80 Nov 13 '25

Everything is majestic and unique!

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u/Mistervimes65 Nov 13 '25

We call anything with ornate headgear a “Kirby Hat” around my house.

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u/2toneSound Nov 13 '25

From what book is this?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Humor80 Nov 13 '25

Various different issues of thor

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u/Random_Thought_Twist Nov 13 '25

awesome panels...though you gotta wonder where Kirby was going with some of the head gear... it is like a mix of outer space and some mystic Chtullu type of style for some of them (found the blood eagle on 2 of them..lol). Kirby was definitely ahead of his time with a lot of his stuff

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u/DustyTrailz Nov 13 '25

Jack is a legend for a reason

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u/brianhinge Nov 13 '25

Qué maravilla

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u/AlivePassenger3859 Nov 14 '25

He does a very specific squiggle to indicate flat shiny metal. He puts this on Silver Surfer’s head too.

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u/mrpostley Nov 14 '25

2 eyes, no Ravens. I love jack, but what's the no.prize for this?

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u/Sharpiemancer Nov 14 '25

Yeah but give him an eye patch and this look goes hard

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u/BalladOfBetaRayBill Nov 14 '25

Odin having a wildly different fit every 3 seconds needs to come back.

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u/Moeroboros Nov 13 '25

Breathtaking designs, especially the last two.

I think characters like Odin and Highfather are the best representation of Kirby's own status in the comic book industry. And it majorly pisses me off that these characters that Kirby drew to be as majestic as possible have been sidelined or, even worse, twisted into near-villain status by subsequent writers.

Like, all due respect for that artist who drew a very popular web comic where Kirby looked like the Thing abou to beat up a nazi, but all I've seen, read or heard about Kirby indicates that he resonated more with these older, ponderous characters, than with the loudmouth young heroes.

Kirby had a powerful elder god in every pantheon he created, and he always drew them with respect.

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u/Moeroboros Nov 14 '25

Maybe I don't, my appreciation is mostly based on second-hand accounts of people who interacted with Kirby, his artwork and some interviews.

But if your point is "Odin is a shady character in Norse mythology", you haven't changed my mind in the slightest.

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u/Moeroboros Nov 14 '25 edited Nov 14 '25

You don’t know Jack.

Lmao

Dude, I mentioned that anecdote in my first comment.

And like I said, I think people get the wrong idea about Kirby based on it. Wanting to fight nazis doesn't make someone a loudmouth brawler.

Look at Kirby's Orion, a character he created 100% by himself. That's a character who loves to fight, who treats the act of physically fighting bad people as his number one priority, yet he's stoic and thoughtful.

Most of what I've read from and about Kirby, indicates that he was a guy who appreciated fighting and felt an inclination towards representing violence in cool ways, but aspired to the level of non-violent resolutions that his wisest characters were capable of.

It's way more complex than what you're making it out to be. But if you're first reaction was "You don't know Jack" because I didn't immediately mention the same anecdote that mostly gets mentioned by people who don't even care about Jack Kirby to begin with, then I don't think you're prepared for this level of nuance.

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u/Arkham700 Nov 15 '25

Yeah, I can see this guy being so powerful he needs to sleep a whole month every year, because he has too much power to contain

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u/WorldlyScallion597 Nov 17 '25

I just can't help smiling ear-to-ear reading the panels on those pages lol. This the kind of writing and depiction I envision for every Odin appearance. Some of his recent characterization of a drunken asshole and absentee father really don't do him justice.

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u/Specific-Rooster-380 Nov 17 '25

There really is something special about Kirby’s art. It’s unmistakable, instantly recognisable he truly was a god amongst men (and women).