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Jack Kirby

Biography

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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Documentaries

Stan Lee

2023

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Jack Kirby: A Personal Journey

2017

as Himself

Kirby at War: La Guerre De Kirby

2017

as Self (archive footage)

Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine

2007

as Self

Jack Kirby: Story Teller

2007

as Self

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

2001

as Himself (archive footage)

The Overstreet World of Comic Books

1993

as Himself

Comic Book Confidential

1989

as Self

The Masters of Comic Book Art

1987

as Self

Writing

Avengers: Secret Wars

2027

Characters

Avengers: Doomsday

2026

Characters

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

2025

Characters

Captain America: Brave New World

2025

Characters

LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition

2024

Characters

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

Characters

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three

2024

Characters

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two

2024

Characters

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

2023

Characters

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

2022

Characters

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022

Characters

Black Adam

2022

Characters

Groot's First Steps

2022

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Thor: Love and Thunder

2022

Characters

Constantine: The House of Mystery

2022

Characters

Eternals

2021

Comic Book

DC Showcase: Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!

2021

Characters

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021

Characters

Silver Surfer

2020

Story

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War

2020

Characters

The Death and Return of Superman

2019

Characters

Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans

2019

Characters

Spider-Man: Far From Home

2019

Comic Book

Avengers: Endgame

2019

Characters

Avengers: Endgame

2019

Comic Book

Captain Marvel

2019

Characters

Reign of the Supermen

2019

Characters

Ant-Man and the Wasp

2018

Comic Book

Avengers: Infinity War

2018

Characters

Avengers: Infinity War

2018

Comic Book

Black Panther

2018

Comic Book

Justice League

2017

Characters

Thor: Ragnarok

2017

Comic Book

Inhumans: The First Chapter

2017

Characters

Spider-Man: Homecoming

2017

Characters

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

2017

Characters

Team Thor: Part 2

2017

Characters

Justice League Dark

2017

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Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell

2016

Characters

Team Thor

2016

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Captain America: Civil War

2016

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Fantastic Four

2015

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Ant-Man

2015

Comic Book

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

2015

Characters

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015

Comic Book

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015

Characters

Marvel Knights: Eternals

2014

Characters

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

2014

Comic Book

Thor: The Dark World

2013

Comic Book

Iron Man 3

2013

Comic Book

The Avengers

2012

Characters

The Avengers

2012

Comic Book

Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant

2011

Characters

Captain America: The First Avenger

2011

Comic Book

Thor: Tales of Asgard

2011

Characters

Thor

2011

Comic Book

Iron Man 2

2010

Comic Book

Planet Hulk

2010

Characters

The Incredible Hulk

2008

Comic Book

Iron Man

2008

Comic Book

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

2007

Characters

The Invincible Iron Man

2007

Characters

Ultimate Avengers 2

2006

Characters

Fantastic Four

2005

Comic Book

Hulk

2003

Characters

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

1998

Characters

The Fantastic Four

1994

Comic Book

Captain America

1990

Characters

The Incredible Hulk Returns

1988

Characters

Bride of the Incredible Hulk

1980

Characters

Captain America II: Death Too Soon

1979

Characters

The Incredible Hulk

1979

Characters

Captain America

1979

Characters

The Return of the Incredible Hulk

1977

Characters

Captain America

1944

Characters

Thor 5

Characters

Untitled X-Men Movie

Characters

World War Hulk

Characters

Black Panther 3

Characters

Crew

Blue Beetle

2023

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022

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Black Widow

2021

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Dark Phoenix

2019

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Captain Marvel

2019

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Spider-Man: Homecoming

2017

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The Lego Batman Movie

2017

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Guardians of the Galaxy

2014

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Thor: The Dark World

2013

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Thor

2011

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X-Men

2000

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Jack Kirby

Documentaries

Writing

Visual Effects

Crew

Art