Today would’ve been the 95th birthday of Jacob Kurtzberg, AKA Jack Kirby, the King of Comics, had he still been with us. The man behind such characters as Captain America, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Thor, Darkseid, OMAC, the Demon, Captain Victory (Whose series the image above comes from, if you’re wondering), Silver Star and countless others, Kirby’s inventiveness and drive to constantly push himself and the comic medium forward is appropriately legendary; there has never been another creator in the medium with his talent or his optimism, and I doubt there ever will be again.

Happy 95th, Mr. Kirby. Thank you for everything you gave us.

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