View Full Version : ID this Superhero's (?) Face!
HeckBoy
01-25-2008, 02:51 PM
So I was surfing around the web looking at some comic book related merchandise when I happened to come across this t-shirt. According to the store's description, the t-shirt features superhero faces by Jack Kirby (I'm a bit dubious about them being all by Kirby tho). Looking at it, I could identify all of the characters except that guy on the bottom row right next to Wolverine. Try as I might, I just can't ID that guy and it's really starting to bug me. Can anyone help identify him?
http://www.nuffsaidcollectibles.com/images/imagesLARGE/Tshirts/kirbyfaces2.jpg
Row 1: Triton, Mr Fantastic, Cap, Silver Surfer
Row 2: Falcon, Spidey, Hulk, Karnak
Row 3: Thor, Thing, Black Bolt, Gorgon
Row 4: Black Panther, Human Torch, ???, Wolverine (this one doesn't even look like a Kirby sketch)
Shellhead
01-25-2008, 02:53 PM
I'm guessing that's Wyatt Wingfoot, though he seems like an odd choice for that array of faces.
Shellhead
01-25-2008, 02:54 PM
Good point about Wolverine. And that Spider-man face looks more like Romita than Kirby.
LordAllMighty
01-25-2008, 02:57 PM
Uh...Namor.:confused:
HeckBoy
01-25-2008, 02:58 PM
I'm guessing that's Wyatt Wingfoot, though he seems like an odd choice for that array of faces.Hmmm that could be it (but to be honest, except for his name and a vague image of his face, I don't even know who that guy is, lol). Was he a Kirby creation too?
Good point about Wolverine. And that Spider-man face looks more like Romita than Kirby.Yeah, now that you mention it, it does look like a Romita, esp. the eyes.
Cthulhudrew
01-25-2008, 03:06 PM
Wyatt's my guess, too.
Mark Thorson
01-25-2008, 03:21 PM
Spidey is by Romita, sr, Surfer looks like John Buscema and Wolverine looks like Byrne. The rest are Kirby, for sure.
If that's not Wyatt Wingfoot, the only other character I could think that it would be is Sgt. Fury.
They have that shirt at the Target here. Been thinking about getting that.
Shellhead
01-25-2008, 03:34 PM
Wyatt Wingfoot went on a number of adventures with the Fantastic Four, starting back during the Lee-Kirby run. Basically, he's a smart and brawny native-american guy with lots of handy skills.
WhiteFalcon
01-25-2008, 04:35 PM
I bought that shirt from target. It's pretty sweet, and fits really well. I thought the bottom guy was Namor, but the ears didn't look pointy.
rwe1138
01-25-2008, 04:51 PM
Looks kinda like Colossus in his normal form.
thorionthei
01-25-2008, 04:52 PM
I say Wyat Wingfoot as well. If there were villains on there I would say Unus. But it seems to be mostly FF centric so Wyatt is a safe bet.
Speaking of Wyatt? He needs to be a sppt character somewhere! He's a great character.
Shellhead
01-25-2008, 05:09 PM
I'm pretty sure that it's Wyatt Wingfoot. If it was Fury, he would either have stubble or an eyepatch, or both, depending on the time period. If it was Namor, there would be pointy ears, a flat head and arched eyebrows. And even if it was Piotr Rasputin (Collosus), he would have a flatter hair style. Plus Kirby never drew Collosus, and that picture does look like a Kirby.
Alan2099
01-25-2008, 05:09 PM
Punisher maybe?
Agent_Torpor
01-25-2008, 05:11 PM
Someone's dad.
Push You Down
01-25-2008, 05:11 PM
I have that shirt.. on other boards I've asked about this, the consensus was Sgt. Fury.
Shellhead
01-25-2008, 05:13 PM
Here's a picture of Wyatt Wingfoot as drawn by Jack Kirby. Wyatt is the guy in the white t-shirt on the left:
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/keewazi1.jpg
Expletive Deleted
01-25-2008, 05:19 PM
I have that shirt.. on other boards I've asked about this, the consensus was Sgt. Fury.That face is way, way too kempt to be Kirby's Fury.
HeckBoy
01-25-2008, 05:44 PM
That face is way, way too kempt to be Kirby's Fury.Yeah that's what I think too.
More and more, I'm thinking Shellhead is right. I haven't seen much of any sketches of Wyatt, but I can see the resemblance in the pic Shellhead posted and so far he looks the closest to the t-shirt. Regardless, it's pretty apparent that whoever that is, he's not very popular (or recognizable) and it makes me wonder what the heck the manufacturer was thinking putting him on there w/ everyone else.
jeffarei
01-25-2008, 05:52 PM
arnold schwarzenegger
StoneGold
01-25-2008, 07:25 PM
Gotta say, that looks a lot like Wyatt. And I think I may have solved it. Notice the large number of Inhumans and Black Panther on the shirt. They were all popping up in FF about the same time.
Grimm
01-25-2008, 07:29 PM
Couldn't it be Maximus the mad?
StoneGold
01-25-2008, 08:34 PM
Couldn't it be Maximus the mad?
No, Max was never drawn that way. I'm all but positive it's a Kirby Wyatt, which, while it doesn't seem to make sense, comes from the same FF books the Inhuman and Black Panther heads do.
Grimm
01-25-2008, 09:18 PM
No, Max was never drawn that way. I'm all but positive it's a Kirby Wyatt, which, while it doesn't seem to make sense, comes from the same FF books the Inhuman and Black Panther heads do.
Yeah, I looked up some of Max's early appearances, he had some funky eyebrows going on under Kirby.
It looks like Wyatt, just the colouring is off. Can't think of who else it could be though, so you're probably right and just some bad colouring :)
BeastieRunner
01-25-2008, 09:23 PM
My guess is Namor.
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