Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic-book artist who created innumerable original characters, such as ‘The Incredible Hulk,’ ‘Captain America,’ and ‘The Fantastic Four.’ Born and raised in the US, he was a self-taught artist. He is considered as “The King of Comics” for his influential creations and contributions to the world of comics and his extensive body of work. His distinctive style of drawing, boundless imagination, and storytelling skills helped him create a mark for himself. He created countless popular characters and stories and could work across a wide range of genres, such as war, romance, superhero, and western. His long partnership with Joe Simon created a number of amazing comics. They also founded a company named ‘Mainline Publications,’ which was, however, short-lived. His collaboration with writer and editor Stan Lee produced remarkable characters such as ‘X-Men’ and ‘The Fantastic Four.’ Kirby worked for various comic publications, including ‘Timely Comics/Marvel Comics,’ ‘National Comics Publications/DC Comics,’ ‘Crestwood Publications,’ and ‘Harvey Comics.’ He was married to Rosalind Goldstein, and they had four children. He died of heart failure at the age of 76.