I know it's Twitter, home of the massive overstatement, but idea that Kirby was as influential a cultural figure as Disney is preposterous.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/898952774112526337 …
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Disney bought Marvel in large part because MCU was already flourishing (to say nothing of non MCU Spider-Man and X-Men)
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They've dominated Hollywood for what, a decade? Disney has been an integral part of global pop culture for 90 years.
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Before dominating Hollywood superhero comics (a genre Kirby was the foremost figure in) were most popular kids reading for decades.
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You're comparing things that Kirby influenced or had him in their DNA with things that Disney actually did though.
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Quite apart from anything, the whole Marvel Universe brand management and release strategy has more than a little bit of Disney DNA.
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