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Jack "King" Kirby ( August 28, 1917 - February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable and prolific artists in United States comic books. Born Jacob Kurtzburg in New York City, he was also a comic book writer and artist.1 Early Career
He worked for Fleischer Studios from 1935 where he did in-betweens for Popeye animated cartoons. He joined the Lincoln Newspaper Syndicate in 1936 and worked for them until they went out of business in 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai.
Kirby met Joe SimonJoe Simon (born 1915) was a comic book author and cartoonist who created or co-created many memorable characters in the Golden Age. He worked extensively with Jack Kirby, with whom he co-created Captain America for Timely Comics (now Marvel), one of the m while he was producing freelance work for a variety of publishers. The two young men teamed up and began producing packaged comic books for sale to publishers. The duo created the patriotic hero Captain AmericaCaptain America (Steve Rogers) is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a member of The Invaders and The Avengers. He was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Captain America #1 ( 1941). Although he is not the firs for Timely Comics (later Marvel ComicsMarvel Comics sometimes called by the nickname House of Ideas is an American comic book company. Its best-known comics include The Fantastic Four Spider-Man The Incredible Hulk Captain America and X-Men''. Since the 1960s, it has been one of the two large)publisher Martin GoodmanMartin Goodman was an American publisher of Pulp Magazines and comic books. in 19411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St. Kirby's dynamic perspectives, ground-breaking use of center-spreads, cinematic techniques and exaggerated sense of action made the title an immediate hit and rewrote the rules for comic book art.
The Simon & Kirby name became synonymous with exciting superhero comic books. They reinvented the pulpish Sandman strip in Adventure Comics to emphasize a more superheroic bent.
As superhero comics waned in popularity after the end of World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough Kirby and his partner began producing a variety of other genre stories. They are credited with the creation of the first romance title, Young Romance Comics. In addition Kirby and Simon produced crime comics, horror comics, westernWestern fiction is a genre of literature that is typically set in any of the American states west of the Mississippi River and between the years of approximately 1860 and 1900. The Western got its start in the " penny dreadfuls" and later the " dime novels and humour strips.
The Kirby & Simon partnership ended in 1954 with the comic book industry beset by self-imposed censorship and negative publicity. Kirby continued to create comics, reinventing the Green Arrow strip in Adventure Comics and creating the well-received classic about a group of death defying adventurers, the Challengers of the Unknown.
