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Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books, and the co-creator of such enduring characters and popular culture icons as the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Hulk, Captain America, and hundreds of others stretching back to the earliest days of the medium. He was also a comic book writer and editor. His most common nickname is "The King."


“I'm OMAC! Evacuate this section! I'm going to destroy it!”
Jack Kirby
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“Aw, where we come from the Anti-Life Equation is one of many others--almost as awesome!! But they merely exist!!”
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“Once we've learned enough about the universe we will admit to ourselves that we will never know everything.”
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“All life on Earth is subject to the rumbles and rockings of the parent stucture which has no control over the disastrous effects of its stresses and strains on whatever thrives on its surface. The ambitions and dreams of men are irrelevant to this planetary giant which pursues its own way in its own manner. Man is its child, tenant and still, to this date, its captive.”
Jack Kirby
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