Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994), born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor. Growing up poor in New York City, Kurtzberg entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s. He drew various comic strips under different pen names, ultimately settling on Jack Kirby. In 1941, Kirby and writer Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby would create a number of comics for various publishers, often teaming with Simon.
After serving in World War II, Kirby returned to comics and worked in a variety of genres. He contributed to a number of publishers, including Archie Comics and DC Comics, but ultimately found himself at Timely's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, later to be known as Marvel Comics. In the 1960s, Kirby co-created many of Marvel Comics' major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk, along with writer-editor Stan Lee. Despite the high sales and critical acclaim of the Lee-Kirby titles, Kirby felt treated unfairly, and left the company in 1970 for rival DC Comics.
While working for DC, Kirby created his Fourth World saga, which spanned several comics titles. While these and other titles proved commercially unsuccessful and were canceled, several of their characters and the Fourth World mythos have continued as a significant part of the DC Comics universe. Kirby returned to Marvel briefly in the mid-to-late 1970s, then ventured into television animation and independent comics. In his later years, Kirby received great recognition for his career accomplishments, and is regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium.
In 1987, Kirby, along with Carl Barks and Will Eisner, was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
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After serving in World War II, Kirby returned to comics and worked in a variety of genres. He contributed to a number of publishers, including Archie Comics and DC Comics, but ultimately found himself at Timely's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, later to be known as Marvel Comics. In the 1960s, Kirby co-created many of Marvel Comics' major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk, along with writer-editor Stan Lee. Despite the high sales and critical acclaim of the Lee-Kirby titles, Kirby felt treated unfairly, and left the company in 1970 for rival DC Comics.
While working for DC, Kirby created his Fourth World saga, which spanned several comics titles. While these and other titles proved commercially unsuccessful and were canceled, several of their characters and the Fourth World mythos have continued as a significant part of the DC Comics universe. Kirby returned to Marvel briefly in the mid-to-late 1970s, then ventured into television animation and independent comics. In his later years, Kirby received great recognition for his career accomplishments, and is regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium.
In 1987, Kirby, along with Carl Barks and Will Eisner, was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
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Known for
The Fantastic Four
Captain America: Brave New World
Agatha All Along
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two
X-Men '97
Blue Beetle
Stan Lee
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Adam
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
I Am Groot
Thor: Love and Thunder
Ms. Marvel
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Hawkeye
Eternals
What If...?
Black Widow
Loki
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
DC Showcase: Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Superman & Lois
WandaVision
Silver Surfer
DC's Stargirl
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
The Death and Return of Superman
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Dark Phoenix
Avengers: Endgame
Captain Marvel
Reign of the Supermen
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Justice League
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
The Gifted
Marvel's Inhumans
Inhumans: The First Chapter
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Jack Kirby: A Personal Journey
Kirby at War: La Guerre De Kirby
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Team Thor: Part 2
The Lego Batman Movie
Justice League Dark
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot
Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell
Team Thor
Captain America: Civil War
Supergirl
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Fantastic Four
Ant-Man
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Marvel Knights: Eternals
Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Thor: The Dark World
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Teen Titans Go!
Iron Man 3
The Avengers
Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
Captain America: The First Avenger
Thor: Tales of Asgard
Thor
Young Justice
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Iron Man 2
Planet Hulk
Black Panther
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine
The Invincible Iron Man
Ultimate Avengers 2
Fantastic Four
Justice League Unlimited
Hulk
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Justice League
X-Men
Batman Beyond
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Silver Surfer
The New Batman Adventures
Superman: The Animated Series
Fantastic Four
The Overstreet World of Comic Books
Captain America
X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men
Prisoners of Gravity
Comic Book Confidential
The Incredible Hulk Returns
The Incredible Hulk
Bride of the Incredible Hulk
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
The Incredible Hulk
Captain America
The Fantastic Four
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk
Starsky & Hutch
S.W.A.T.
Super Friends
Fantastic Four
Captain America