The lucky dude who is selling this original art from Captain America #6, 1941 tells the fascinating story on his current Ebay listing: “In 1941, a young man worked at Lewis Artists’ Materials, a store in Manhattan about 3 blocks from the Timely Studios. Part of his job was to make regular deliveries of illustration boards and other Art supplies to the Timely Studios. He did this at least once a week, possibly more often. The people at Timely got to know him and apparently liked him. At some point they asked him if he would like to have 2 pages of Captain America Original art. He gladly accepted, but didn’t think it a big deal. 69 years later, his grandson was helping him clean out his home in upstate New York. He had long since forgotten that he had the… pages, and when the grandson found them, he gave them to the grandson as a gift. Neither realized exactly what they were or who the artist was. ”

The artist, of course, is, >GULP<, Jack “King” Kirby.

Who inked Jack’s pencils is up for speculation, could be Syd Shores, Al Avison, Al Gabriele, who Jack would hand off penciled pages to. Jack would then get them back to look over and fine-tune if necessary. Or Jacck could have inked them himself.

Of course both pages are stunning but the all-winner is the incredible action page with Captain America and Bucky.

This historic art shows Kirby at his best and it’s discovery shows there’s still amazing finds out there… (click on the images to enlarge)