5. In 1941, Kirby & his partner Joe Simon created Captain America, a allegory for USA (scrawny wimp helped by science to become superpower)
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16. By fusing together romance + monster comics + science-fiction + other genres, Kirby made superheroes into a meta-genre.
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17. In pioneering meta-genre (or fusion of genres) Kirby had a big impact on likes of George R.R. Martin & George Lucas.
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I would slightly disagree with that: Captain Comet or (Silver Age) Green Lantern did Space Opera Superheroes independently.
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Michael Chabon's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay" is a wink to Kirby's Jewish roots.
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Loved thread; my new film looks at stereotypes & comics; re-conceptualizes
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