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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Kirby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
WritingBirthday
August 28, 1917Deathday
February 6, 1994Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
84Place of birth
New York City, New York, USAAlso known as
Jacob Kurtzberg, 杰克·科比Cast credits
Comic Book Confidential
SelfJack Kirby: Story Teller
SelfOnce Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Himself (archive footage)The Overstreet World of Comic Books
HimselfJack Kirby: A Personal Journey
HimselfKirby at War: La Guerre De Kirby
Self (archive footage)Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self (archive footage)Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine
SelfStan Lee
Self (voice) (archive footage)Crew credits
Hulk
CharactersFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
CharactersThe Avengers
Characters, Comic BookCaptain America
CharactersUltimate Avengers 2
CharactersFantastic Four
Comic BookThor: Tales of Asgard
CharactersBride of the Incredible Hulk
CharactersFantastic Four
CharactersAvengers: Age of Ultron
Characters, Comic BookCaptain America II: Death Too Soon
CharactersAnt-Man
Comic BookCaptain America: Civil War
CharactersBlack Panther
Comic BookAvengers: Infinity War
Comic Book, CharactersCaptain America
CharactersThor: Ragnarok
Comic BookAvengers: Endgame
Comic Book, CharactersJustice League Dark
CharactersThe Return of the Incredible Hulk
CharactersHulk: Where Monsters Dwell
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