8. The superhero revival of the 1970s is almost entirely product of Kirby bringing to genre the brunt of life experience previously lacking
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9. What happened to Kirby between Captain American (1941) and the 1960s (Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor, Black Panther, etc.)?
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10. What happened was: World War II (combat in Europe, seeing a concentration camp), marriage, family life, harsh freelance live.
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11. Kirby's 1960s work were result of him processing the growing up he did as soldier, veteran, husband, artist and father.
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12. In late 1940s and 1950s, Kirby became dominant figure in Romance Comics genre, material he later integrated into superheroes.
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13. Pre-Kirby, the superhero team is just a bunch of characters brought together because it's cool to do so (Justice Society/Justice League)
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14. The Kirby team, by contrast, is defined by a common origin, a shared event, destiny or identity (Fantastic Four, X-Men).
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15. The team with a common origin (an outgrowth, I think, of Kirby's war experience) redefines genre by making it about social change.
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16. Team with common experience become a pantheon, often matched against opposing pantheon, creating possibility of epic scope.
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17. Finally, critics of early superheroes (McLuhan, Ong, Wertham) called them out for celebrating fascist ideal (Nordic strong-man).
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18. Early on, Kirby created his share of übermenschen, but 1960s heroes were opposite: misshapen, freakish, outsiders.
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19. Kirby's revitalization of superhero in 1960s: 1) giving emotional life based on romance comics 2) pantheonic teams, 3) outsider status
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20. Without Kirby's revitalization of 1960s, it's hard to imagine superheroes moving beyond limits of 1940s/1950s as quaint kids genre.
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