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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Filmography
all 149
Movies 99
TV Shows 50
Writer 37
self 12
Creator 4
The Fantastic Four (2025)
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
X-Men '97 (2024)
Blue Beetle (2023)
Stan Lee (2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Black Adam (2022)
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
Groot Takes a Bath (2022)
I Am Groot (2022)
Groot's First Steps (2022)
Groot's Pursuit (2022)
The Little Guy (2022)
Magnum Opus (2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Ms. Marvel (2022)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Hawkeye (2021)
Eternals (2021)
What If...? (2021)
Black Widow (2021)
Loki (2021)
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. (2021)
DC Showcase: Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth! (2021)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Superman & Lois (2021)
WandaVision (2021)
Silver Surfer (2020)
DC's Stargirl (2020)
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee (2019)
The Death and Return of Superman (2019)
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans (2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Dark Phoenix (2019)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Reign of the Supermen (2019)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda (2018)
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Black Panther (2018)
Justice League (2017)
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics (2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
The Gifted (2017)
Marvel's Inhumans (2017)
Inhumans: The First Chapter (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Jack Kirby: A Personal Journey (2017)
Kirby at War: La Guerre De Kirby (2017)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Team Thor: Part 2 (2017)
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Justice League Dark (2017)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot (2016)
Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell (2016)
Team Thor (2016)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight! (2015)
Supergirl (2015)
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
Fantastic Four (2015)
Ant-Man (2015)
Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Marvel Knights: Eternals (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United (2014)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United (2013)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (2013)
Marvel's Avengers (2013)
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013)
Teen Titans Go! (2013)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
The Avengers (2012)
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)
Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant (2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011)
Thor (2011)
Young Justice (2010)
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010)
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Planet Hulk (2010)
Black Panther (2010)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Iron Man (2008)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (2007)
Jack Kirby: Story Teller (2007)
The Invincible Iron Man (2007)
Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006)
Fantastic Four (2005)
Justice League Unlimited (2004)
Hulk (2003)
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes (2001)
Justice League (2001)
X-Men (2000)
The Avengers: United They Stand (1999)
Batman Beyond (1999)
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998)
Silver Surfer (1998)
The New Batman Adventures (1997)
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
Fantastic Four (1994)
The Fantastic Four (1994)
The Overstreet World of Comic Books (1993)
Captain America (1990)
X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (1989)
Prisoners of Gravity (1989)
Comic Book Confidential (1989)
The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988)
The Masters of Comic Book Art (1987)
The Incredible Hulk (1982)
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981)
Bride of the Incredible Hulk (1980)
Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing (1979)
The Incredible Hulk (1979)
Captain America (1979)
The Fantastic Four (1978)
The Return of the Incredible Hulk (1977)
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
S.W.A.T. (1975)
Three Giant Men (1973)
Super Friends (1973)
Fantastic Four (1967)
Hulk (1966)
The Marvel Super Heroes (1966)
Captain America Battles the Red Skull (1964)
Captain America vs. The Mutant (1964)
Captain America (1944)
Wonder Man
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1917-08-28
Deathday1994-02-06 (76 years old)
Birth NameJacob Kurtzberg
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesNew York City · Manhattan, United States of America
Also Known AsJacob Kurtzberg, 杰克·科比
AwardsAlley Award, Eagle Award, Inkpot Award, Alley Award for Best Pencil Artist, Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, prix humanitaire Bob-Clampett, Shazam Prize, Bill Finger Award
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