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Who is Jack Kirby's signature character?
Captain America 9%  9%  [ 1 ]
Scrapper (Newboy Legion) 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Brooklyn (Boy Commandos) 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Thor 9%  9%  [ 1 ]
The Thing 45%  45%  [ 5 ]
Orion of New Genesis 9%  9%  [ 1 ]
Highfather 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Mister Miracle 18%  18%  [ 2 ]
Himon 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Captain Victory 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
_________________ 9%  9%  [ 1 ]
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Darkseid is the one that comes to mind, for me.


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I put Thor. The imagery of Asgard and how all the Asgaridans looked influenced comics immensely.

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The Thing, because Ben Grimm is basically Jack Kirby himself.

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Linda wrote:
The Thing, because Ben Grimm is basically Jack Kirby himself.

I think Ben Grimm is tied with Orion for the most "Jack Kirby" of Kirby's characters. Orion obviously a little darker, but Kirby had a darker side and was haunted by his WW II experience for the rest of his life..

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Yeah, I went with The Thing. It always seemed to me that Jack was channeling inspiration from himself there.

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Jason Michael wrote:
Linda wrote:
The Thing, because Ben Grimm is basically Jack Kirby himself.

I think Ben Grimm is tied with Orion for the most "Jack Kirby" of Kirby's characters. Orion obviously a little darker, but Kirby had a darker side and was haunted by his WW II experience for the rest of his life..

I picked Mister Miracle -- him escaping from Armagetto was him escaping the New York ghettos, Scott's upbringing probably reflects Kirby's army experience, and of course, Big Barda is Roz.


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Destroyer Duck got my vote. ;)

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Hanzo the Razor wrote:
Jason Michael wrote:
Linda wrote:
The Thing, because Ben Grimm is basically Jack Kirby himself.

I think Ben Grimm is tied with Orion for the most "Jack Kirby" of Kirby's characters. Orion obviously a little darker, but Kirby had a darker side and was haunted by his WW II experience for the rest of his life..

I picked Mister Miracle -- him escaping from Armagetto was him escaping the New York ghettos, Scott's upbringing probably reflects Kirby's army experience, and of course, Big Barda is Roz.

The Fourth World is definitely the Definitive Kirby saga.
Definitely.

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Destroyer Duck got my vote. ;)

I love Gerber and Kirby together.

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Jason Michael wrote:
The Fourth World is definitely the Definitive Kirby saga.
Definitely.

Definitely Definitive sounds like a future Oasis remaster.

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Linda wrote:
Jason Michael wrote:
The Fourth World is definitely the Definitive Kirby saga.
Definitely.

Definitely Definitive sounds like a future Oasis remaster.

Definitely.

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The Thing because he was Kirby.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 9:50 pm 
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The Thing. Ben Grimm is one of the richest and most original characters in comic book history. His tragedy, and his heroism despite it, is central to the Fantastic Four. Even better, he is fucking hilarious..

Ben can't always resist giving in to his misery, but he also won't let himself succumb completely or for long. Even at his most alienated, The Thing will always remember he's "the idol of millions" and when "it's clobbering time." The Thing will clobber.

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For me, it's Mister Miracle... such a CRAZY design. It's screams "Kirby!" more loudly to me than any of the others.

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Jason Michael wrote:
Linda wrote:
Jason Michael wrote:
The Fourth World is definitely the Definitive Kirby saga.
Definitely.

Definitely Definitive sounds like a future Oasis remaster.

Definitely.

Hm.
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