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- 10 The Boy Commandos (1942) Battled The Ratzies
- 9 The Newsboy Legion (1942) Spanned Two Generations
- 8 The Forever People (1971) Are Hippie New Gods
- 7 The New Gods (1971) Explored A Vast New Universe
- 6 Mister Miracle (1971) Introduced Darkseid's Adopted Son
- 5 Demon (1972) Was Bonded with A Camelot Knight
- 4 Kamandi (1972) Is The Last Boy on Earth
- 3 Sandman (1974) Was An Entirely New Version of The Golden Age Hero
- 2 Omac (1975) Was A Corporate Nobody Turned Global Hero
- 1 Atlas (1975) Revises The Titan of Greek Mythology
The early 1970s wasn't the first time Jack Kirby created characters for DC Comics. After writing and drawing ten issues of Captain American Comics, he moved over to DC in 1942. Right before he left for the Army he created two groups of Axis-fighting characters. The first was the Boy Commandos. Introduced in Detective Comics #64, they were a quartet...
Meanwhile, over at Star Spangled Comics, Kirby debuted the Newsboy Legion. A group of orphans, the quartet sold newspapers on the corner to make a living. They also ended up getting in trouble a lot. Soon enough, policeman Jim Harper became their legal guardian. Harper also became the Guardian, a superhero that helped the Legion battle neighborhood...
Kirby didn't wait long to introduce new concepts to DC Comics when he moved to their offices in 1970. After taking over and revamping Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, he set his sights on introducing his Fourth World concept. The first of these was The Forever People. RELATED: 10 DC Heroes You Didn't Know Debuted In The 1970s Originally raised on New Ge...
The idea for the New Gods came several years earlier at Marvel. While working on the "Tales of Asgard" backup story in Thor, he wanted to create something about two planets at war. He took this concept to DC and introduced New Genesis and Apokolips in the New Gods series. From the first page of the first issue, readers knew it was going to be an ep...
There are mythical tales that detail how two warring races of gods reach some sort of truce through an exchange. Normally, it involves marriage. In the Fourth World, this happened when Highfather and Darkseid exchanged children. Hence, Scott Free, son of the New Genesis leader, ended up on Apokolips. Escaping the dread planet, Scott lands on Earth ...
Though Kirby's Fourth World series were initially popular, their sales began to wane in 1972. So, he was asked by DC to come up with new titles outside of that universe. The first one called back to his love of magic and history. It was in the form of The Demon. RELATED: 10 Ways The Justice League Dark Are Nothing Like The JLA The character itself ...
It's not conjectured that Mr. Kirby liked grandeur. Even his most minor creations, like the Newsboy Legion, displayed powerful landscapes. It's the same with Kirby's next creation for DC, Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth. The splash page at the start of the book's first issue details what the story is about. Earth is devastated after some type of war...
Kirby's next entry for DC Comics, Sandman, was different than his other creations. First, he didn't handle every aspect of the book. Instead, he took on the role of artist and editor while Joe Simon and Michael L. Fleisher took on the scripting duties. Second, this version wasn't a revamp of the Golden Age hero, one he redesigned in the 1940s. Inst...
Kirby's last major comic release was about a nobody named Buddy Blank. Working as a corporate stooge in a near-future world, Buddy's presence is noticed by an AI satellite named Brother Eye. In turn, it enables Buddy with superhuman powers to become The One Man Army Corps, OMAC for short. RELATED: 10 DC Runs That Started Out Strong But Went Downhil...
Before Kirby returned to Marvel in 1975 he left three creations at DC that were added to the company's anthology series 1st Issue Special. One was a remake of the Golden Age hero Manhunter and the second was The Dingbats of Danger Street, which was a return to writing about teenage rebels. To launch 1st Issue Special, Kirby introduced an updated ve...
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- Darkseid. Since his creation, Darkseid has earned a reputation as the definitive comic book villain, even outdoing the likes of Thanos and Doctor Doom as the embodiment of pure evil.
- Mister Miracle. Mister Miracle is the DCU's greatest escapologist, as well as the most heroic of all the New Gods, having even served on the Justice League International as a mainstay member.
- Etrigan The Demon. Etrigan the Demon is easily one of DC's best supernatural characters. Originally an Arthurian knight by the name of Jason Blood, the wizard Merlin bonded him to Etrigan.
- Orion. The heroic son of Darkseid, Orion was raised by Highfather on New Genesis following a trade between the two leaders. Nicknamed the "Dog of War," Orion is a champion of his adoptive world, which he defends with all the rage expected from a son of Darkseid.
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- Early career. After publishing a few works in outlets for amateur artists, Kirby entered the world of professional cartooning in 1936. He was hired by the Lincoln Newspaper Syndicate to work on comic strips and advice cartoons.
- DC Comics. At first DC was uncertain on what work to assign Simon and Kirby. After a few minor assignments, they were asked to contribute their own story ideas.
- Wartime activities. Kirby's comic book career had to be put in hiatus in 1943, when he was drafted into the United States Army. While he never took part in any major battle, he was deployed in the European theatre of World War II in 1944.
- Postwar career. Following his discharge from the Army, Kirby was reunited with Simon. Simon had spend the majority of the War serving in the United States Coast Guard.
Jack Kirby [1] (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew up in New York City and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons.
Oct 23, 2022 · Kirby helped found the Marvel Universe in the 1960s. In the 1970s, he left for DC Comics over artistic differences with Lee. That led Kirby to create the Fourth World and dozens of iconic characters. Darkseid arguably ranks the highest among them. He certainly counts among the best DC Comics villains.
List of Characters Created by Jack Kirby. in alphabetical Order! (this is still in the works) Boomerang. Bor. Boss Barker. Boy Commandos. Brotherhood of Mutants. Brute That Walks. Bruttu.
