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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21. As people meet in San Diego for SDCC, they need to consider that virtually everything around them came out of Kirby.
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22. I compared Kirby to Disney earlier, but one crucial difference: financial compensation and credit (h/t
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23. Kirby's family is currently appealing their case with Marvel/Disney. The family will most likely lose the appeal.
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24. There's a difference between what is legal and what is morally right. Legally Marvel/Disney own many of Kirby's creations. Is it right?
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25. In conclusion, there's an unpaid debt to Kirby, not just from Marvel/Disney but larger comics world. Needs to be addressed. THE END
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