8. Kirby's super-hero loving fans generally ignore the romance comics but there were crucial: they expanded the affective range of comics.
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9. In the boom & bust world of comics, Kirby & Simon worked in many genres: romance, western, horror, crime, science fiction, etc.
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10. Working in so many genres, Kirby started to mix & match them. The Marvel superhero books are fusion of romance, monster & superheroes
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11. Kirby's partnership with Joe Simon broke up after the comic book crack-down led by the Senate. This led him to work for Stan Lee.
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12. The partnership with Lee/Marvel was born of necessity, not desire: Kirby had been blackballed by DC because he feud/lawsuit with editor.
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13. At Marvel Kirby co-created an immense pantheon of characters: Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, X-Men, Black Panther, Avengers, etc.
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14. Co-creator doesn't quite get at what Kirby did: he plotted the stories, wrote preliminary dialogue, created character design, etc.
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15. More than what he created: Kirby re-conceptualized superhero, moving it away from vigilante roots of 1930s towards cosmic space opera.
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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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18. Currently, for better or worse, Hollywood is dominated by Kirby creations, not just in Marvel Cinematic Universe but also DC CU.
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19. Both Marvel & DC franchise are leaning heavily on Kirby's space opera approach (DC films using Darkseid invades earth plotline).
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20. Visually, Kirby was, with Will Eisner, first comic book artist who didn't just replicate comic strips but adapted to multi-page stories.
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