Later, Kirby and Simon introduced the successful kid gang comics and lucrative romance comics trend. After all, the thinking went, Kirby had pumped adrenaline into costumed heroes with his partner Joe Simon on Captain Americafor Martin Goodman in the early 1940s. Also included was a John Dillinger “Wanted” poster and a Kirby photo collage on the table of contents.Ĭonsider this: it’s 1971 and the King of Comics, Jack Kirby, is a few months into his employ by Carmine Infantino at National with the mission to revitalize the company’s line, and possibly the entire comics industry. Steve Sherman and Mark Evanier offered short text and fumetti features. Sergio Aragones provided some comic relief for two pages. More likely candidates include Colletta, National colorist Jerry Serpe, or production man Jack Adler.
While doubtful, some scholars think Kirby did the work. The art was uniquely presented using wash tones, but the artist who produced the tones remains a mystery. Vince Colletta inked and John Costanza lettered Kirby’s work. Surprisingly, all were stories he told previously in the late 1940s when crime comics were at the height of their popularity. Thomas Dewey, the Kansas City Massacre featuring Pretty Boy Floyd, and Alvin Karpis a.k.a. Kirby told tales of Ma Barker and her sons, Al Capone vs. In that first In the Days of the Mobissue, its cover cluttered with a Kirby sepia photo montage and small illustrations reminiscent of pulpy, old-timey scandal mags, Kirby introduced Warden Fry, a sinister, supernatural warden in a hell-jail, who acted as host to the stories.
In 1971, DC’s precursor, National Periodical Publications published half of this material in one issue of an ill-fated magazine, part of a “Speak-Out Series” with Kirby’s Spirit World, under the imprint “Hampshire Distributors, Ltd”. As part of their nearly exhaustive Jack Kirby publishing program, DC Comics has published a hardcover edition of In the Days of the Mob featuring all of Kirby’s work for the title.
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