Okay, so Kirby drew the Kree Supreme Intelligence once and never again. Here’s what it looked like:
When other artists picked up what Kirby created they interpreted this as a giant floating disembodied alien head:
But looking at Kirby’s original drawing, it looks to me that within all that crackling energy, there’s the suggestion of a slug-like, worm-like body. Something akin to God Emperor of Dune. Here’s what I imagine it would look like:
The added tendrils are optional. One last bit of speculation: just like Captain Marvel was a Kree version of Fawcett’s Captain Marvel, I wonder if The Supreme Intelligence was a Kirby-ized version of the Shazam villain, Mr. Mind. It would seem natural for Kirby to introduce an imposing character like this, who the heroes later discover is a tiny tyrant, similar to what Kirby did later on with Overlord in Mister Miracle #2.
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Always loved the design/idea of the Kree Supreme Intelligence. And seriously, your theory doesn’t seem that far off. Certainly in the Kirby panel there’s the suggestion of some type of body mass behind the head. And your Mr. Mind suggestion is food for thought!
I’m sure it’s a small percentage of us who dig these type of speculations.. 😀
Thanks, Javier. It’s some incredibly fannish obsessive stuff. There’s always an audience for that.