Jack “King of Comics” Kirby based many of his characters on himself, none more so than the Fantastic Four's Ben Grimm, AKA ...

On the one hand, Kirby's quote at the end of The Fantastic Four: First Steps is fairly self-explanatory. It's him reflecting ...

First Steps pays special tribute to late Fantastic Four creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Set in a 1960s-inspired retro-futuristic world designated Earth 828 (in honor of Kirby’s birthday, August 28), ...

Daredevil: Born Again season 1, episode 6, titled “Excessive Force,” marks the return of Jack Duquesne. This time, he feels more like the Swordsman, as he sports an almost proper superhero ...

Jack Kirby, the man who drew it in 1940, went on to fight in World War II against that real-life villain and later to co-create much of the Marvel Universe we know today.

Comic book creator Jack Kirby is the subject of a new exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. “Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity” opened May 1, 2025.

It wasn’t just the quote that gives a nod to Kirby. The Fantastic Four of the MCU are from a different, retro-futurist Earth ...