Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby in 1982
Born	Jacob Kurtzberg (1917-08-28)August 28, 1917[1] New York City, New York, United States
Died	February 6, 1994(1994-02-06) (aged 76) Thousand Oaks, California, United States
Nationality	American
Other names	Jack Curtiss Curt Davis Lance Kirby[2] Ted Grey Charles Nicholas Fred Sande Teddy
Notable work	Captain America Fantastic Four Fourth World Hulk Kamandi Manhunter Newsboy Legion Thor Young Romance X-Men
Spouse	Roz Goldstein
Awards	Alley Award, Best Pencil Artist (1967), plus many awards for individual stories, Shazam Award, Special Achievement by an Individual (1971)

Jack Kirby^[3] (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was a famous comic book artist. Kirby worked with Joe Simon to create Captain America. In the 1960s he worked at Marvel Comics with Stan Lee. Kirby and Lee created the superhero characters The Fantastic Four, X-Men, and The Hulk. In 1970 Jack Kirby left Marvel for DC Comics. At DC he wrote and drew a large story he called the Fourth World.^[4]

1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VMK5-CPJ : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Jack Kirby, 6 February 1994; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ Famous Funnies #62 (Eastern Color Printing, September 1939).
3. ↑ Video on YouTube
4. ↑ Evanier, Mark; Sherman, Steve; et al. (March 20, 2008). "Jack Kirby Biography". Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center. Archived from the original on September 17, 2013.