Romance comics seem to have influenced that sense of struggle and the increasing interiority of the characters. @jeetheer.bsky.social notes that many of Kirby's early romance comics are also crime comics, linking courtship and excitement with gangsterism. FF complicates the genre-mixing even more.

If I had to pick one mid-1960s comic book cover to distill cosmic Kirby, it would be this one! :)

Andrew, you are too kind! Thank you for revisiting my reading of this story. This past week, my CalRBS class and I visited the Kirby exhibition currently @skirball.bsky.social, and the Surfer was on my mind. <3

I inaccurately wrote Tuesday in a previous post – sorry! It’s definitely Monday, February 24.