Today completes three weeks of this year’s Jack Kirby Tribute Month (curated by Howard Simpson). The theme all month has been the Fantastic Four and related characters, and today’s prompt is Ronan the Accuser.
As if the FF didn’t have enough to deal with between Namor and the Skrulls, apparently the Kree Empire also took issue with them! Because of the FF defeating and destroying the Kree Sentry in FF #64, the Supreme Intelligence of the Kree declares them guilty, and sends Ronan the Accuser to enact their sentence in issue #65.
Ronan is a formidable enemy for the FF! He comes very close to successfully enacting the “extreme penalty.” (Perhaps because of the Comics Code, they weren’t quite able to just come out and say “Death.”). He presents a very striking presence, being about 8′ tall and wearing a unique uniform.
Ronan only made one appearance in the Fantastic Four comic, but he reappeared later in Avengers, Captain Marvel and Ms. Marvel (books in which the Kree Empire was a presence).
It was fun to take a crack at drawing Ronan. Swing by tomorrow if you’d like to see who’s next on our hit parade!