In 1957-1958, barely 2 years after the introduction of the comics code and the shockwaves it sent through the industry, Kirby, taking work here and there for various publishers in a very thinned-down comics industry, did one of several series for Harvey, an SF anthology titled
ALARMING TALES.
Kirby drew all the art in ALARMING TALES 1 (5 stories, 22 pages) and 2 (4 stories, 20 pages), and one story each issue in 3, 4, and 5.
From ALARMING TALES 1, Sept 1957, are
"The Fourth Dimension is a Splattered Thing",
"The Cadmus Seed",
"Logan's Next Life" and
"Donnegan's Daffy Chair".
Any Kirby JIMMY OLSEN reader can see similarities between "The Cadmus Seed", and the DNA Project and its clones.
The final story,
"The Last Enemy" has clear similarities to Kirby's KAMANDI run about 15 years later, showing a post-apocalyptic future populated by multiple races of animals with human-like intelligence.
Also for your reading pleasure, ALARMING TALES 2, Nov 1957, presents
"The Big Hunt" and
"I want To Be A Man".
The other two stories in that issue,
"Hole In The Wall", and
"The Fireballs", are not complete online to link and read.
Here is the story from ALARMING TALES 3,
"This World Is Ours", Jan 1958.
The first page of the story looks virtually identical to
page 1 of Kirby's NEW GODS 1 (March 1971). "There came a time when the old gods died..."
