Guide Note: Jack Kirby is one of the most popular artists and writers to have worked in the comic book medium. He is credited with creating or co-creating many of the major comic book characters that still exist to this day. He is also cited as being very influential to multiple generations of comic book writers and artists.
Fast Facts:
- Real name: Jacob Kurtzberg
- Nickname: "The King"
- It is estimated that Kirby produced over 25,000 comic book pages during his lifetime
- One of Kirby's first jobs was working on Popeye cartoons
- Kirby and Captain America co-creator Joe Simon created their own short-lived publishing company, Mainline Publications in 1953
- In 1975, Kirby was inducted into the Shazam Awards Hall of Fame
