Jack Kirby
Kirby in 1982.
Birth name	Jacob Kurtzberg
Born	August 28, 1917(1917-08-28) New York City. New York
Died	February 6, 1994 (aged 76) Thousand Oaks, California
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker, Writer, Editor
Pseudonym(s)	The King
Notable works	Marvel Comics (Captain America, Fantastic Four, Hulk, X-Men), DC Comics (Fourth World)
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Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg, August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books, and the co-creator of such enduring characters and popular culture icons as the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Hulk, Captain America, and hundreds of others stretching back to the earliest days of the medium. He was also a comic book writer and editor. His most common nickname is "The King". is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Popular culture, sometimes abbreviated to pop culture, consists of widespread cultural elements in any given society. ... For other uses, see Fantastic Four (disambiguation). ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Incredible Hulk, The Hulk and The Incredible Hulk redirect here. ... Captain America is a fictional comic book superhero published by Marvel Comics. ... Popular press redirects here; note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint The Popular Press. Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a very large audience such as the population of a nation state. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ... // A nickname is a name of a person or thing other than its proper name. ...

Historians and most comics creators acknowledge Kirby as one of the medium's greatest and most influential artists. The New York Times, in a Sunday op-ed piece written more than a decade after his death, said Kirby "created a new grammar of storytelling and a cinematic style of motion. Once-wooden characters cascaded from one frame to another — or even from page to page — threatening to fall right out of the book into the reader’s lap. The force of punches thrown was visibly and explosively evident. Even at rest, a Kirby character pulsed with tension and energy in a way that makes movie versions of the same characters seem static by comparison".^[1] Popular press redirects here; note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint The Popular Press. Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a very large audience such as the population of a nation state. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... An Op-Ed is a piece of writing expressing an opinion. ...

His output was legendary, with one count estimating^{[citation needed]} that he produced over 25,000 pages, as well as hundreds of comic strips and sketches. He also produced paintings, and worked on concept illustrations for a number of Hollywood films.

He was inducted into comic books' Shazam Awards Hall of Fame in 1975. The Academy of Comic Book Arts is an American professional organization of the 1970s that was designed to be the comic book industry analog of such groups as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ...

The Jack Kirby Award for achievement in comic books was named in his honor. The Jack Kirby Award for achievement in comic books was presented from 1985-1987 by Amazing Heroes magazine, and managed by Dave Olbrich. ...

Biography

Early life

Born to Jewish Austrian parents in New York City, he grew up on Suffolk Street in New York's Lower East Side Delancey Street area, attending elementary school at P.S. 20. His father, Benjamin, a garment-factory worker, was a Conservative Jew, and Jacob attended Hebrew school. Jacob's one sibling, a brother five years younger, predeceased him. After a rough-and-tumble childhood with much fighting among the kind of kid gangs he would render more heroically in his future comics (Fantastic Four's Jewish Ben Grimm was raised on rough-and-tumble "Yancy Street", and was predeceased by his older brother; in addition to sharing Kirby's father's first name, his middle name is Jacob, Kirby's first name at birth). Likewise Nick Fury's backstory is modelled after Kirby's own childhood.) Kirby enrolled at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, at what he said was age 14, leaving after a week. "I wasn't the kind of student that Pratt was looking for. They wanted people who would work on something forever. I didn't want to work on any project forever. I intended to get things done".^[2] The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Categories: Manhattan neighborhoods | Stub ... Delancey Street is one of the main thoroughfares of Manhattans Lower East Side, running east from the Bowery to connect to the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... This article is about Conservative (Masorti) Judaism in the United States. ... Hebrew school can be either (1) the Jewish equivalent of Sunday school - an educational regimen separate from secular education, focusing on topics of Jewish history and learning the Hebrew language, or (2) a primary, secondary or college level educational institution where some or all of the classes are taught in... For other uses, see Fantastic Four (disambiguation). ... thing, see Thing (disambiguation). ... Pratt Institute is a specialized, private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ...

Essentially self-taught, Kirby cited among his influences the comic strip artists Alex Raymond and Milton Caniff. This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Alex Raymond (October 2, 1909- September 6, 1956) was an American comic strip artist, best known for his work on Flash Gordon. ... Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (February 28, 1907-May 3, 1988) was an American cartoonist most famous for Terry and the Pirates. ...

The Golden Age of Comics

Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), art by Jack Kirby (penciler) and Joe Simon (inker).

Per his own sometimes-unreliable memory, Kirby joined the Lincoln Newspaper Syndicate in 1936, working there on newspaper comic strips and on single-panel advice cartoons such as Your Health Comes First (under the pseudonym "Jack Curtiss"). He remained until late 1939, then worked for the movie animation company Fleischer Studios as an "in-betweener" (an artist who fills in the action between major-movement frames,) on Popeye cartoons. "I went from Lincoln to Fleischer," he recalled. "From Fleischer I had to get out in a hurry because I couldn't take that kind of thing," describing it as "a factory in a sense, like my father's factory. They were manufacturing pictures."^[3] Download high resolution version (500x673, 110 KB)Captain America Comics #1, Timely Comics, March 1941. ... Download high resolution version (500x673, 110 KB)Captain America Comics #1, Timely Comics, March 1941. ... Joe Simon (born 1915) was a comic book author and cartoonist who created or co-created many memorable characters in the Golden Age. ... A pseudonym (Greek: , pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons legal name. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... Fleischer Studios, Inc. ... For other uses, see Popeye (disambiguation). ... Cartoons started in the 1930s and 40s. ...

Around this time, "I began to see the first comic books appear".^[3] The first American comic books were reprints of newspaper comic strips; soon, these tabloid-size, 10-inch by 15-inch "Comic books" began to include original material in comic-strip form. Kirby began writing and drawing such material for the comic book packager Eisner & Iger, one of a handful of firms creating comics on demand for publishers. Through that company, Kirby did what he remembers as his first comic book work, for Wild Boy Magazine.^[4] This included such strips as the science fiction adventure The Diary of Dr. Hayward (under the pseudonym "Curt Davis"), the Western crimefighter strip Wilton of the West (as "Fred Sande"), the swashbuckler strip "The Count of Monte Cristo" (again as "Jack Curtiss"), and the humor strips Abdul Jones (as "Ted Grey)" and Socko the Seadog (as "Teddy"), all variously for Jumbo Comics and other Eisner-Iger clients. Kirby was also helpful beyond his artwork when he once frightened off a mobster who was strongarming Eisner for their building's towel service. American comic books are typically small magazines containing fictional stories in the artistic medium of comics. ... Eisner & Iger was a prominent comic book packager that produced comics on demand for publishers entering the new medium during its late-1930s and 1940s Golden Age. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For other uses, see Swashbuckler (disambiguation). ...

Kirby moved on to comic-book publisher and newspaper syndicator Fox Feature Syndicate, earning a then-reasonable $15 a week salary. He began exploring superhero narrative with the comic strip The Blue Beetle (January–March 1940), starring a character created by the pseudonymous Charles Nicholas, a house name that Kirby retained for the three-month-long strip. Fox Feature Syndicate (a. ... Charles Nicholas is the pseudonym of three early creators of American comic books. ...

Simon & Kirby

During this time, Kirby met and began collaborating with cartoonist and Fox editor Joe Simon, who in addition to his staff work continued to freelance. Speaking at a 1998 Comic-Con International panel in San Diego, California, Simon recounted the meeting: Cartoonist Jack Elrod at work. ... Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ... Joe Simon (born 1915) was a comic book author and cartoonist who created or co-created many memorable characters in the Golden Age. ... Comic-Con International, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre fan convention founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention and later the San Diego Comic Book Convention in 1970 by Shel Dorf and a group of San Diegans. ... “San Diego” redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

"Daring Disc", page 2. Note kinetic similarities to Capt. America's shield.

and remained a team across the next two decades. In the early 2000s, original art for an unpublished, five-page Simon & Kirby collaboration titled "Daring Disc", which may predate the duo's Blue Bolt, surfaced. Simon published the story in the 2003 updated edition of his autobiography, The Comic Book Makers.^[6] Image File history File links DaringDisc-p2. ... Image File history File links DaringDisc-p2. ...

After leaving Fox and landing at pulp magazine publisher Martin Goodman's Timely Comics (the future Marvel Comics), the new Simon & Kirby team created the seminal patriotic hero Captain America in late 1940. Their dynamic perspectives, groundbreaking use of centerspreads, cinematic techniques and exaggerated sense of action made the title an immediate hit and rewrote the rules for comic book art. Simon and Kirby also produced the first complete comic book starring Captain Marvel for Fawcett Comics. This article is about inexpensive fiction magazines. ... Martin Goodman (born 1910, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States; died June 6, 1992, Palm Beach, Florida) was an American publisher of pulp magazines, paperback books, mens adventure magazines, and comic books, launching the company that would become Marvel Comics. ... Timely Comics is the 1940s comic-book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... Captain America is a fictional comic book superhero published by Marvel Comics. ... This article is about the DC Comics character. ...

Captain America became the first and largest of many hit characters the duo would produce. The Simon & Kirby name soon became synonymous with exciting superhero comics, and the two became industry stars whose readers followed them from title to title. A financial dispute with Goodman led to their decamping to National Comics, one of the precursors of DC Comics, after ten issues of Captain America. Given a lucrative contract at their new home, Simon & Kirby took over the Sandman in Adventure Comics, and scored their next hits with the "kid gang" teams the Boy Commandos and the Newsboy Legion, and the superhero Manhunter. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... The Sandman, alias Wesley Dodds, is a fictional masked crimefighter in the DC Comics universe. ... Adventure Comics #296 Adventure Comics is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. ... The Boy Commandos was a 1940s comic book series created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby for DC Comics. ... The Newsboy Legion is the name of a kid gang in the DC Comics Universe. ... Manhunter is the name given to several different DC Comics superheroes/antiheroes, as well as the Manhunters an entire race of androids created by the Guardians of the Universe, as a forerunner to the Green Lantern Corps. ...

Kirby married Rosalind "Roz" Goldstein (September 25, 1922–December 22, 1998) on May 23, 1942. The couple would have four children: Susan, Neal, Barbara and Lisa. The same year that he married, he changed his name legally from Jacob Kurtzberg to Jack Kirby. The couple was living in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, when Kirby was drafted into the U.S. Army in the late autumn of 1943. Serving with the Third Army combat infantry, he landed in Normandy, on Omaha Beach, 10 days after D-Day. is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... 1873 map of the Villages of Unionville and Guntherville, part of the Town of Gravesend, the area of present-day Brighton Beach A Russian-language bookstore under the elevated train tracks in Brighton Beach Newly built luxury condos on Brighton Beach Where apartments and private homes meet A school in... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... For other uses, see Normandy (disambiguation). ... Combatants United States Nazi Germany Commanders Omar Bradley Norman Cota Clarence R. Huebner U.S. 1st Infantry Division U.S. 29th Infantry Division Dietrich Kraiss German 352nd Infantry Division Strength 43,250 Unknown Casualties 3,000 1,200 The build-up of Omaha Beach: reinforcements of men and equipment moving... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ...

As superhero comics waned in popularity after the end of World War II, Kirby and his partner began producing a variety of other genre stories. They are credited with the creation of the first romance title, Young Romance Comics at Crestwood Publications, also known as Prize Comics. In addition, Kirby and Simon produced crime, horror (notably Black Magic), western and humor comics. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Crestwood Publications, also known as Prize Comics and Feature Publications, was comic book publisher from the 1940s thru the 1960s, tho most of their titles were published in the 1950s. ... “Horror story” redirects here. ... Black Magic is the name of a fifty-issue horror anthology comic book series published by Prize Comics from 1950-1961. ... Cover of a book by Louis LAmour, one of Western fictions most prolific authors. ...

After Simon

Sky Masters comic strip by Kirby & Wally Wood.

The Kirby & Simon partnership ended amicably in 1955 with the failure of their own Mainline Publications. Kirby continued to freelance. He was instrumental in the creation of Archie Comics' The Fly and The Double Life of Private Strong reuniting briefly with Joe Simon. He also drew some issues of Classics Illustrated. Image File history File links SkyMastersPanel. ... Image File history File links SkyMastersPanel. ... Wallace Wally Wood (born June 17, 1927, Menahga, Minnesota, United States; died November 2, 1981), was an American writer-artist best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. ... Mainline Publications was a very short-lived comic book publisher established and owned by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. ... Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher known for its many series featuring the fictional teenage Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe Jughead Jones characters created by Bob Montana. ... The Fly is a superhero published by Archie Comics. ... This article is about the comic-book superhero. ... Classics Illustrated were comic book adaptations from classic literature, a series that Russian-born Albert Lewis Kanter (1897-1973) began in 1941 for Elliot Publishing. ...

For DC Comics, then known as National Comics, Kirby co-created with writers Dick & Dave Wood the non-superpowered adventuring quartet the Challengers of the Unknown in Showcase #6 (Feb. 1957), while also contributing to such anthologies as House of Mystery. In 30 months at DC, Kirby drew slightly more than 600 pages, which included 11 Green Arrow stories in World's Finest Comics and Adventure Comics that, in a rarity, Kirby inked himself.^[7] He also began drawing a newspaper comic strip, Sky Masters of the Space Force, written by the Wood brothers and initially inked by the unrelated Wally Wood. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ... Cover to Challengers of the Unknown #7, 1959. ... Showcase has been the title of several anthology series published by DC Comics. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this comics-related article or section may require cleanup. ... Worlds Finest Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. ... Adventure Comics #296 Adventure Comics is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. ... Sky Masters of the Space Force is an American comic strip created by Jack Kirby, featuring the adventures of an American astronaut. ... Wallace Wally Wood (born June 17, 1927, Menahga, Minnesota, United States; died November 2, 1981), was an American writer-artist best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. ...

Kirby left National Comics after a contractual dispute in which editor Jack Schiff, who had been involved in getting Kirby and the Wood brothers the Sky Masters contract, claimed he was due royalties from Kirby's share of the strip's profits. Schiff sued Kirby and was successful at trial. ^{[8] [9]}

Stan Lee and Marvel Comics

One of comics' most famous covers: The Avengers #4. Art by Kirby & George Roussos.

Kirby also worked for Marvel, on the cusp of the company's evolution from its 1950s incarnation as Atlas Comics, beginning with the cover and the seven-page story "I Discovered the Secret of the Flying Saucers" in Strange Worlds #1 (Dec. 1958).^[10] Kirby would draw across all genres, from romance to Western (the feature "Black Rider") to espionage (Yellow Claw), but made his mark primarily with a series of monster, horror and science fiction stories for the company's many anthology series, such as Amazing Adventures, Strange Tales, Tales to Astonish and Tales of Suspense. His bizarre designs of powerful, unearthly creatures proved a hit with readers. Then, with Marvel editor-in-chief Stan Lee, Kirby began working on superhero comics again, beginning with The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961). The landmark series became a hit that revolutionized the industry with its comparative naturalism and, eventually, a cosmic purview informed by Kirby's seemingly boundless imagination — one coincidentally well-matched with the consciousness-expanding youth culture of the 1960s. Cover of Avengers #4 This image is a book cover. ... Cover of Avengers #4 This image is a book cover. ... The Avengers is an elite fictional comic book superhero team in the Marvel Universe. ... George Roussos a. ... Atlas Comics is the 1950s comic book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. ... Strange Worlds was the name of two American, science-fiction anthology comic book series of the 1950s, the first published by Avon Comics, the second by a Marvel Comics predecessor, Atlas Comics. ... Cover of a book by Louis LAmour, one of Western fictions most prolific authors. ... The Black Rider is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... For the video game, see Spy Fiction (video game). ... The Yellow Claw is a fictional comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, created by EC Comics great Al Feldstein and artist Joe Maneely in Yellow Claw #1 (Oct. ... “Horror story” redirects here. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Amazing Adventures is the name of several anthology-format comic book series, all but one published by Marvel Comics. ... Strange Tales was the name of several comic book anthology series that have been published by Marvel Comics. ... Tales to Astonish #44 Tales to Astonish is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... - ==References== - *Tales of Suspense #1-99 (Marvel Comics, January 1959 - March 1968) - *Marvel Select: Tales of Suspense #1 (1996) - - - - - - - - - Categories: | | ... For the fictional character of this name, see Stan Lee (Judge Dredd character). ... The Fantastic Four is Marvel Comics flagship superhero team, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and debuting in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

For almost a decade, Kirby provided Marvel's house style, co-creating/designing many of the Marvel characters and providing layouts for new artists to draw over. He would often place objects of exaggerated size in the foreground, capturing action with startling immediacy. ^{[citation needed]}

Highlights besides the Fantastic Four include Thor, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, the original X-Men, the Silver Surfer, Doctor Doom, Galactus, The Watcher, Magneto, Ego the Living Planet, the Inhumans and their hidden city of Attilan, and the Black Panther — comics' first known Black superhero — and his African nation of Wakanda. Simon & Kirby's Captain America was also incorporated into Marvel's continuity. Thor (often called The Mighty Thor) is a superhero appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Incredible Hulk The Hulk, often called The Incredible Hulk, is a Marvel Comics superhero. ... Iron Man (Anthony Edward Tony Stark) is a fictional comic-book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... This article is about the comic book character. ... Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. ... It has been suggested that Power Cosmic be merged into this article or section. ... There are a number of uses for the term Watcher: The Watchers are the fallen angels of the Bible and the Book of Enoch, who fell to earth in the days of Jared in Genesis, instead falling to Hell. ... Magneto (Eric Magnus Lensherr) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Ego the Living Planet is a fictional extraterrestrial being that appears in the Marvel Universe. ... The Inhumans are a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics Universe, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. ... The Black Panther (TChalla) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe who is the first modern Black superhero. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ...

In 1968 and 1969, Joe Simon was involved in litigation with Marvel Comics over the ownership of Captain America, initiated by Marvel after Simon registered the copyright renewal for Captain America in his own name. According to Simon, Kirby agreed to support the company in the litigation and, as part of a deal Kirby made with publisher Martin Goodman, signed over to Marvel any rights he might have had to the character.^[8]

Kirby continued to expand the medium's boundaries, devising photo-collage covers and interiors, developing new drawing techniques such as the method for depicting energy fields now known as 'Kirby Dots', and other experiments. Yet he grew increasingly dissatisfied with working at Marvel. There have been a number of reasons given for this dissatisfaction, including resentment over Stan Lee's increasing media prominence, a lack of full creative control, anger over breaches of perceived promises by publisher Martin Goodman, and frustration over Marvel's failure to credit him specifically for his story plotting and for his character creations and co-creations. He began to both script and draw some secondary features for Marvel, such as "The Inhumans" in Amazing Adventures and horror stories for the anthology title Chamber of Darkness, and received full credit for doing so; but he eventually left the company in 1970 for rival DC Comics, under editorial director Carmine Infantino. For other uses, see Collage (disambiguation). ... Cover to Fantastic Four #72 by Jack Kirby himself. ... Amazing Adventures is the name of several anthology-format comic book series, all but one published by Marvel Comics. ... Chamber of Darkness was a horror/fantasy anthology comic book published bi-monthly by Marvel Comics that under this and a subsequent name ran from 1969-1974. ... Cover for Spider-Woman #8 (November 1978). ...

Later life and career

Premiere (March 1971) of The New Gods, flagship of the Fourth World titles. Cover art by Kirby & Don Heck.

Kirby returned to DC in the early 1970s, under an arrangement that gave him full creative control as editor, writer and artist. He produced a series of inter-linked titles under the blanket sobriquet “The Fourth World” including a trilogy of new titles, New Gods, Mister Miracle, and The Forever People, as well as the Superman title, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen. Kirby picked the book because the series was without a stable creative team and he did not want to cost anyone a job.^[11] The central villain of the Fourth World series, Darkseid, and some of the Fourth World concepts, appeared in Jimmy Olsen before the launch of the other Fourth World books, giving the new titles greater exposure to potential buyers. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x606, 90 KB)Cover to New Gods #1, February-March, 1971. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x606, 90 KB)Cover to New Gods #1, February-March, 1971. ... The New Gods #1 (February-March 1971) featuring Orion. ... Don Heck (January 2, 1929-1995) was a comic book artist best known for co-creating the character Iron Man, and for his long run penciling The Avengers in the 1960s. ... The New Gods #1 (February-March 1971) featuring Orion. ... The New Gods are a fictional race published by DC Comics, as well as the title for four series of comics about those characters. ... Mister Miracle is a DC Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby, originally as part of The Fourth World series of titles. ... The Forever People is a comic book property created by Jack Kirby as part of the Fourth World set of DC Comics titles. ... Superman is a fictional character and comic book superhero , originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. ... The cover of Supermans Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 Supermans Pal, Jimmy Olsen is the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics was published from October of 1954 until March of 1974, spanning a total of 163 issues featuring the adventures of Superman with a special... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Kirby later produced other DC titles such as OMAC, Kamandi, The Demon, and, together with former partner Joe Simon for one last time, a new incarnation of the Sandman. Several characters from this period have since become fixtures in the DC Universe, including the demon Etrigan and his human counterpart Jason Blood; Scott Free (Mister Miracle), and the cosmic villain Darkseid. One-Man Army Corps (OMAC) is a superhero comic book created by Jack Kirby and published by DC Comics. ... A legion of intelligent tigers force Kamandi to fight an intelligent gorilla. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Sandman, alias Wesley Dodds, is a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe, best known for his stories set during the 1940s and his costume consisting of a green business suit, fedora, and gas mask. ... The Demon is a DC Comics superhero series created by comic book master, Jack Kirby. ... Mister Miracle is a DC Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby, originally as part of The Fourth World series of titles. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Kirby then returned to Marvel Comics where he both wrote and drew Captain America and created the series The Eternals, which featured a race of inscrutable alien giants, the Celestials, whose behind-the-scenes intervention influenced the evolution of life on Earth. Kirby’s other Marvel creations in this period include Devil Dinosaur, Machine Man, and an adaptation and expansion of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. He also wrote and drew The Black Panther and did numerous covers across the line. The Eternals is a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Celestials are a group of fictional characters and extra-terrestrial beings that appear in the Marvel Universe. ... Devil Dinosaur is a Marvel Comics character who resembles a tyrannosaurus rex. ... Machine Man (X-51) is a fictional character created by writer/artist Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics. ... This article is about motion pictures. ...

Although often artistically successful, his later books did not connect with an audience to the same extent as his earlier work for Marvel in the 1960s. Many of the themes of his 1970s work—aging and immortality, helplessness in the face of unknowable, and inconceivable powers beyond one’s control—were those of a man in late middle age and were not likely to connect with younger readers.^{[original research?]}

Still dissatisfied with Marvel’s treatment of him, and their refusal to provide health and other employment benefits, Kirby left Marvel to work in animation, where he did designs for Turbo Teen, Thundarr the Barbarian and other animated television series. He also worked on The Fantastic Four cartoon show, reuniting him with scriptwriter Stan Lee. He illustrated an adaptation of the Walt Disney movie The Black Hole for Walt Disney’s Treasury of Classic Tales syndicated comic strip in 1979-80. Thundarr the Barbarian was a Saturday morning animated cartoon show, produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... The Black Hole is a 1979 science fiction movie directed for Walt Disney Productions by Gary Nelson. ... Walt Disneys Treasury of Classic Tales is an American Sunday comic strip, which ran in newspapers from the early 1950s until 15 February 1986. ...

Topps Comics' Bombast #1 (April 1993). Cover art by Kirby

In the early 1980s, Pacific Comics, a new, non-newsstand comic book publisher, made a then-groundbreaking deal with Kirby to publish his series Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers: Kirby would retain copyright over his creation and receive royalties on it. This, together with similar actions by other “independents” such as Eclipse Comics, helped establish a precedent for other professionals and end the monopoly of the “work for hire” system, wherein comics creators, even freelancers, had owned no rights to characters they created. Kirby also retained ownership of characters used by Topps Comics beginning in 1993, for a set of series in what the company dubbed “The Kirbyverse.” Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x602, 61 KB) Summary Cover, Bombast #1 - Topps, April 1993, cover art: Jack Kirby (Pencils) Jack Kirby (inks) Source: http://comics. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x602, 61 KB) Summary Cover, Bombast #1 - Topps, April 1993, cover art: Jack Kirby (Pencils) Jack Kirby (inks) Source: http://comics. ... Topps Comics was a division of the American trading card publisher and gum/candy distributor the Topps Company, Inc. ... Pacific Comics was one of the independent comic book publishers that flourished in the early 1980s. ... Captain Victory#1, art by Jack Kirby. ... Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several influential indendent publishers during the 1980s. ... A work for hire is an exception to the general rule that the person who creates a work is the author of that work. ... Topps Comics was a division of the American trading card publisher and gum/candy distributor the Topps Company, Inc. ...

In 1985, screenwriter and comic-book historian Mark Evanier, a Kirby friend and former assistant, revealed^{[citation needed]} that thousands of pages of Kirby’s artwork had been lost by Marvel Comics. These pages became the subject of a dispute between Kirby and that company. In 1987, in exchange for his giving up any claim to copyright, Kirby received from Marvel the 2,100 pages of his original art that remained in its possession. The disposition of Kirby’s art for DC, Fawcett, and numerous other companies has remained uncertain. Mark Evanier (born March 2, 1952 in Santa Monica, California) is an American writer. ...

Kirby died at age 76 of heart failure in his Thousand Oaks, California home. Location in Ventura County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Ventura Settled 1875 Incorporated September 29, 1964 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Andrew P. Fox  - City manager Scott Mitnick Area [1]  - City  55. ...

Awards and honors

Jack Kirby received a great deal of recognition over the course of his career, including the 1967 Alley Award for Best Pencil Artist. The following year he was runner-up behind Jim Steranko. His other Alley Awards were: The Alley Awards are comic book awards originally sponsored by Alter-Ego magazine, edited by Jerry Bails, Roy Thomas, Ronn Foss, and, in 1978, Mike Friedrich. ... Captain America #111 (March 1969): Sterankos signature surrealism. ...

• 1963: Favorite Short Story - "The Human Torch Meets Captain America,", by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, Strange Tales #114
• 1964: Best Novel - "Captain America Joins the Avengers", by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, from The Avengers #4
• 1964: Best New Strip or Book - "Captain America", by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, in Tales of Suspense
• 1965: Best Short Story - "The Origin of the Red Skull", by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, Tales of Suspense #66
• 1966: Best Professional Work, Regular Short Feature - "Tales of Asgard" by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, in The Mighty Thor
• 1967: Best Professional Work, Regular Short Feature - (tie) "Tales of Asgard" and "Tales of the Inhumans", both by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, in The Mighty Thor
• 1968: Best Professional Work, Best Regular Short Feature - "Tales of the Inhumans", by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, in The Mighty Thor
• 1968: Best Professional Work, Hall of Fame - Fantastic Four, by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby; Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., by Jim Steranko^[12]

Kirby won a Shazam Award for Special Achievement by an Individual in 1971 for his "Fourth World" series in Forever People, New Gods, Mister Miracle, and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen. He was inducted into the Shazam Awards Hall of Fame in 1975. Strange Tales was the name of several comic book anthology series that have been published by Marvel Comics. ... The Avengers is an elite fictional comic book superhero team in the Marvel Universe. ... Captain America is a fictional comic book superhero published by Marvel Comics. ... - ==References== - *Tales of Suspense #1-99 (Marvel Comics, January 1959 - March 1968) - *Marvel Select: Tales of Suspense #1 (1996) - - - - - - - - - Categories: | | ... Thor battles his evil step-brother, Loki. ... The Inhumans are a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics Universe, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. ... The Academy of Comic Book Arts is an American professional organization of the 1970s that was designed to be the comic book industry analog of such groups as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ...

His work was honored posthumously with the 1998 Harvey Award for Best Domestic Reprint Project, for Jack Kirby's New Gods by Jack Kirby, edited by Bob Kahan. The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. ...

The Jack Kirby Awards and Jack Kirby Hall of Fame were named in his honor.

In 2006, he was voted the #1 artist on Comic Book Resources ' All Time Top 100 Writers and Artists.^{[citation needed]} With Will Eisner, Robert Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Gary Panter and Chris Ware, Kirby was among the artists honored in the exhibition "Masters of American Comics" at the Jewish Museum in New York City, New York, from Sept. 16, 2006 to Jan. 28, 2007. William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. ... Robert Dennis Crumb, often credited simply as R. Crumb (born August 30, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a U.S. artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream. ... Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924 - February 21, 1993) was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. ... Gary Panter (born 1950 in Oklahoma), known to many as the father of punk comics, is a fine artist and a luminary of the post-underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of Arcade: The Comics Revue and the initiation of RAW. Overview As an early participant... The cover to the collected edition of Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware Franklin Christenson Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the Acme Novelty Library, and a graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. ... The Jewish Museum Berlin (Jüdisches Museum Berlin) is a museum in Berlin covering two millennia of German Jewish history. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ...

On 27 July 2007, the U.S. Post Office released a full-sheet pane of Marvel Super Heroes. Ten of the stamps are portraits of individual Marvel characters and the other 10 stamps depict individual Marvel Comic book covers. According to the credits printed on the back of the pane, Jack Kirby's artwork is featured on: Captain America, The Thing, Silver Surfer, Amazing Spider-Man #1, The Incredible Hulk #1, Captain America #100, X-Men #1, and Fantastic Four #3. ^{[1] [13]}

Legacy

The rooftop fighting and urban action were common in Kirby's superhero comics. They were drawn from Mr. Kirby's Depression-era youth on New York’s Lower East Side. In an interview, Kirby related that the conflict among rival gangs was incessant. The fighting was often staged up and down the tenement fire escapes, as well as in running battles across the neighborhood rooftops.^[1]

The most imitated aspect of Kirby's work has been his exaggerated perspectives and dynamic energy. Less easy to imitate have been the expressive body language of his characters, who embrace each other and charge into everything from battle to pancakes with unselfconscious exuberance; and such constantly forward-looking innovations as the then cutting-edge photomontages he often used. The "Kirby Crackle" is the often imitated technique of visually depicting crackling energy using an arrangement of black dots. He (along with fellow Marvel creator Steve Ditko) pioneered the use of visible minority characters in comic books, and Kirby co-created the first black superhero at Marvel (the African prince the Black Panther) and created DC's first two black superheroes: Vykin the Black in The Forever People #1 (March 1971) and the Black Racer in The New Gods #3 (July 1971). Artistic photomontage by Uwe Kils of what a complete iceberg might look like. ... Cover to Fantastic Four #72 by Jack Kirby himself. ... Stephen Ditko (born 2 November 1927) is a renowned American comic book artist and writer best known as the co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... The Black Panther (TChalla) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe who is the first modern Black superhero. ... The Forever People is a comic book property created by Jack Kirby as part of the Fourth World set of DC Comics titles. ... The Black Racer is a fictional deity and avatar of death published by DC Comics. ... The New Gods are a fictional race created by Jack Kirby for DC Comics. ...

Kirby’s daughter, Lisa Kirby, announced^{[citation needed]} in early 2006 that she and co-writer Steve Robertson, with artist Mike Thibodeaux, plan to publish via the Marvel Comics Icon imprint, a six-issue miniseries, Jack Kirby’s Galactic Bounty Hunters, featuring characters and concepts created by her father. Icon Comics is an imprint of Marvel Comics for creator-owned titles. ... This article is about imprints in publishing. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ...

Comics historian and Kirby friend Mark Evanier wrote in February 2007 that his long-in-progress Kirby biography would be broken into at least two books, with the first of these to be an art book, Kirby: King of Comics, scheduled for publication October 2007 by publisher Harry N. Abrams.^[14] Mark Evanier (born March 2, 1952 in Santa Monica, California) is an American writer. ... Harry Nathan Abrams (1904 - 1979) was an English publisher. ...

Several Kirby images are among those on the "Marvel Super Heroes" set of commemorative stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2007.^[15] This 1998 stamp of the Faroe Islands marks the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ... A USPS Truck at Night A U.S. Post Office sign The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the United States government organization responsible for providing postal service in the United States and is generally referred to as the post office. ...

Homages

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In the episode "The Forever War" of the 1998-1999 Fox Kids animated television series The Silver Surfer, an alien general offers the Surfer a beverage "made from the finest grapes in the Kirby Cluster". Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... This article discusses Fox Kids in United States. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ...

Jacob Krigstein, a character in The Authority comic books, is inspired by Jack Kirby. The Authority is a superhero comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint. ...

Rock music group Monster Magnet referenced Kirby's cultural impact in their song, "Melt", which includes the lyrics, "I was thinking how the world should have cried/On the day Jack Kirby died." For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Monster Magnet is an American rock band. ...

Jazz percussionist Gregg Bendian's group Interzone recorded a tribute album, Requiem for Jack Kirby, in 2001. For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Gregg Bendian is a jazz drummer, percussionist and composer. ...

In Fantastic Four #511 (May 2004), when the team went to Heaven, God — depicted as an artist sitting at a drawing board — closely resembled Jack Kirby, the characters' co-creator. For other uses, see Fantastic Four (disambiguation). ...

The mid-1980s independent comic Boris the Bear satirized the conflict between Kirby and Marvel Comics over the rights to Kirby's creations. The eponymous Boris was given the "Cosmic Can Opener of Kir-By" with instructions to right the wrongs done against an entity known as "The King". Boris confronts "Jim Spouter" (a parody of Jim Shooter, then editor-in-chief at Marvel), who sets The King's own creations against Boris. Spouter, eventually defeated sets off in a huff to create "the "Phew Universe", over which The King would have no control. Boris the Bear is a black and white independent comic book that was published for 34 issues. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Promotional Advertisement for The New Universe, Marvel Comics Group, circa 1986. ...

In the animated television series, Superman: The Animated Series, the supporting character Dan Turpin, created by Kirby in the comic book New Gods, is modeled visually after Kirby. Episodes #38-39, titled "Apokolips Now," were dedicated to Kirby's memory. An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Superman: The Animated Series is the unofficial title given to Warner Bros. ... Dan Terrible Turpin is a fictional character from DC Comics. ... In the DC Comics fictional shared Universe, Apokolips was the planet ruled by Darkseid, established in Jack Kirbys Fourth World series. ...

The 1986 comic Donatello #1, a one shot centering around the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character Donatello told the story of "Kirby and the Warp Crystal". It featured a character, based on Jack Kirby, whose drawings came to life. When Donatello goes into this artist's fantasy world, he finds characters based on the New Gods. The comic was made into an episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 animated series, "The King". In the American comic book industry, the term one-shot is used to denote a pilot comic or a stand-alone story created to last as one issue. ... The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ... Donatello (or Don, or Donnie), a fictional character, is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). ... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series set in New York City. ... The King is the sixteenth episode of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), which originally aired on May 31, 2003. ...

Also, in a proposal for a character in the fourth live action TMNT movie (which was never produced), a fifth Turtle named Kirby was designed, who was named after Jack.^[16]

In the fourth volume of Mirage's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles there is a hospital called Kurtzburg Memorial Hospital which caters specifically to super beings, mutants and other special cases. It is said in one issue that some of the super beings refer to Kurtzburg as the "father of us all". Mirage Studios is an independent American comic book company founded in 1983 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. ... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American comic book published by Mirage Studios since 1984. ...

In Kurt Busiek's comic-book series Astro City, many Kirby references and tributes appear, such as a mountain called Mount Kirby, and the character Silver Agent, who a pastiche of Captain America, the Guardian, and Silver Star. Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is a comic book writer. ...

Alan Moore's final storyline in Supreme: The Return features a character known as King, an inhabitant of Idea Space, who is clearly modeled after Kirby and is heralded by Kirby dots. The storyline features tributes to characters Kirby created or had a hand in defining, such as the Newsboy Legion, Guardian, the New Gods, and Doctor Doom. For other persons named Alan Moore, see Alan Moore (disambiguation). ... Supreme is a fictional superhero created by Rob Liefeld. ... Cover to Fantastic Four #72 by Jack Kirby himself. ... The Guardian (Jim Harper) is a DC Comics costumed hero. ...

In the series Mage one of the supporting characters is named "Kirby Hero". Mage: The Hero Defined cover by Matt Wagner Mage is a semi-autobiographical superhero comic book written and illustrated by Matt Wagner. ...

The look of the adult swim animated television series Minoriteam is an homage to Kirby's art style. He is credited as "The King" in the show's end credits. Adult Swim is the name for an adult-oriented television programming network. ... Minoriteam is an animated television series on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim. ...

In the Batman Animated series Etrigan the Demon allies with Batman and during a battle scene the window to KIRBY'S BAKERY is smashed.

The movie Crimson Tide (1995) features a scene in which submarine sailors brawl over a disagreement as to whether the Silver Surfer drawn by Kirby was better than the one drawn by Moebius. Second-in-command Ron Hunter (played by Denzel Washington) finally announces, "Now, everyone who reads comic books knows that the Kirby Silver Surfer is the only true Silver Surfer. Now, am I right or wrong?" Crimson Tide is a 1995 Hollywood submarine film starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman and directed by Tony Scott. ... This article is about the comic book character. ... Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. ... Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. ...

Episodes late in the 2006-2007 season of the NBC superhero TV series Heroes include New York City scenes set at the fictional Kirby Plaza. This article is about the television network. ... For the upcoming parody of superhero films, see Superhero!. Batman and Superman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Heroes is an American science fiction drama television series, created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. ...

Jack Kirby appeared in an episode of "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" the animated series. He is idolized by Sabrina's friend Harvey. Harvey meets "Jack" at a comic book convention.

He appeared in an episode of the TV series "The Incredible Hulk" as a sketch artist at a police station. He does a sketch of the Hulk as described by an eyewitness, and of course the drawing he does looks like one of his early illustrations of the character.

In the Marvel comics title She-Hulk, the titular character is employed in her civilian identity by the law firm Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway, Kurtzburg being the birth surname of Jack Kirby. This article is about the comic book company. ... She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) is a Marvel Comics superheroine. ... Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway is the name of a fictional law firm featured in the pages of the She-Hulk comic books, published by Marvel Comics. ...

Quotes

Al Williamson: "If you told me or most of my buddies to draw fifty spaceships, they'd all look like they were built in the same plant. If Jack drew fifty spaceships, they'd look like they were built by fifty different alien races."^[17] Al Williamson Al Williamson (March 21, 1931 - ) is an American cartoonist of partly Colombian descent. ...

Joe Simon: "My favorite artist was Lou Fine. He was also Jack Kirby's favorite artist. I know that Jack was a fan of and greatly influenced by Fine’s work".^[18] Joe Simon (born 1915) was a comic book author and cartoonist who created or co-created many memorable characters in the Golden Age. ... Louis Kenneth Fine (born 1914, New York City; died July 24, 1971) is an American comic book artist known for his work during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books, where his quality draftsmanship became a highly influential model to a generation of fellow comics artists. ...

Selected bibliography

Marvel

• Captain America Comics (Golden Age) #1–10 (1941-1942)
• Various issues of "pre-superhero Marvel" science-fiction/fantasy stories in Amazing Adventures, Journey into Mystery, Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense, Tales to Astonish, Strange Worlds and World of Fantasy (1958 to early 1960s)
• Fantastic Four #1–102 (1961-1970)
• Incredible Hulk #1–5 (1962-1963)
• X-Men #1–17 + Annual 1 (1963-1970)
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1–7 (1963-1964)
• Avengers #1–8 (1963-1964), #14–17 (1965)
• The Mighty Thor #126–177,179 (1966-70; continued from Journey into Mystery)
• Captain America (modern) #100–109 (1968-1969; continued from Tales of Suspense), #193–214 (1976-1977)
• The Eternals #1–19 (1976-1978)
• The Black Panther #1–12 (1977-1978)
• Devil Dinosaur #1–9 (1978)
• Machine Man #1–9 (1978)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (comics) #1–10 (1976)

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DC

• Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133–148 (1970-1972)
• Forever People #1–11 (1971-1972)
• New Gods #1–11 (1971-1972)
• Mister Miracle #1–18 (1971-1974)
• The Demon #1–16 (1972-1974)
• Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth #1–40 (1972-1976)
• The Sandman #1–6 (1974-1976)
• OMAC #1–8 (1974)
• 1st Issue Special #1, 5-6 (April, Aug.-Sept. 1975)
• Challengers of the Unknown #1–8 (May 1958 - July 1959)
• Adventure Comics #250–256 (July 1958 - January 1959)
• World's Finest #96–99 (September 1958 - February 1959)

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Audio

• Audio of Merry Marvel Marching Society record, including voice of Jack Kirby

Footnotes

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References

• The Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center
• Jack Kirby: The TCJ Interviews. Milo George, Ed. (Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2001). ISBN 1-56097-434-6
• POV Online: "Jack Kirby", by Mark Evanier (includes Jack Kirby FAQ)
• POV Online (Jan. 9, 1998)
• The Jack Kirby Collector #10 (Interview with Roz Kirby)
• Ro, Ronin. Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution. (Bloomsbury, 2004). ISBN 1-58234-345-4
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Jack Kirby
• The Pitch April 19, 2001: "Custody Battle: Marvel Comics isn't going to give up Captain America without a fight", By Robert Wilonsky
• Official Joe Simon site
• Lambiek Comiclopedia: Joe Simon

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External links

• The New York Times (Aug. 27, 2003): "Jack Kirby Heroes Thrive in Comic Books and Film", by Elvis Mitchell