Jack Kirby

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Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew up in New York City and learnt to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s, drawing various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, before settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby regularly teamed with Simon, creating numerous characters for that company and for National Comics Publications, later to become DC Comics. After serving in the European Theatre in World War II, Kirby produced...

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Spider-Man: Brand New DayMovie • 2026Avengers: DoomsdayMovie • 2026VisionQuestSeries • 2026Teen Titans Go!Series • 2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Series • 2013LokiSeries • 2021Avengers: EndgameMovie • 2019SupergirlSeries • 2015Young JusticeSeries • 2010Avengers: Infinity WarMovie • 2018Superman & LoisSeries • 2021Daredevil: Born AgainSeries • 2025The AvengersMovie • 2012What If...?Series • 2021HawkeyeSeries • 2021Avengers: Age of UltronMovie • 2015WandaVisionSeries • 2021Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3Movie • 2023The Incredible HulkSeries • 1977Batman BeyondSeries • 1999Starsky & HutchSeries • 1975Superman: The Animated SeriesSeries • 1996Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessMovie • 2022Iron ManMovie • 2008