Good to remember, of course, as I have pointed out before, that at this period (as, indeed, well into the "Marvel Age") Kirby was doing what today would be called breakdowns, not full pencils.

Different strip, but a good example of just how much Wood brought to the finished product.

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And the real tragedy is, we lost him long before he died.

Still, as I have often said, I would dearly love to visit that alternate universe where Wood inked the first forty issues of FANTASTIC FOUR!!

Congrats, Cory and Fred. Great stuff.

Has SKY MASTERS been reprinted before in any form? Would love to read all of them.

The Complete Sky Masters was published by Pure Imagination in the 1990's, I think it's out of print now, check eBay.

Strange as it seems the strips being signed Kirby + Wood meant Jack Kirby and the writers Dick and Dave Wood, who also wrote Challengers of the Unknown. Wally Wood never got credit, Wally Wood inked roughly the first 9 months of Sky Masters, Kirby and Dick Ayers inked the strip until it ended in 1961, and the strip was still signed Kirby + Wood.