1. I want to do a little micro-reading of this page from Black Panther #53 (the second appearance of the character) as example of Jack Kirby & Stan Lee collaboration.pic.twitter.com/AGXNvlSjH9
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Okay, please amend to "and he does look like the way Melville's Ahab is frequently depicted in movies and illustrations." I'm not sure how that changes the basic point that the character is meant to be an allusion.
Kirby basing his character on how Gregory Peck looked in a Hollywood adventure movie that was not very faithful to the book does not equal an allusion to Melville's deeper themes. No offense to Kirby or Lee, but there's no reason to think either ever read MOBY DICK.
You mean aside from the testimony of his children that Kirby was a voracious reader including of the classics, the many literary allusions in his work, & the other characters he based on Ahab (i.e. Colonel Kragg)
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