2. In 1941, before America entered World War II, Kirby (age 24) created, with Joe Simon, the patriotic anti-fascist hero Captain America.pic.twitter.com/IHIEKZTrgZ
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2. In 1941, before America entered World War II, Kirby (age 24) created, with Joe Simon, the patriotic anti-fascist hero Captain America.pic.twitter.com/IHIEKZTrgZ
3. Drafted into the war, Kirby was a private, serving under the 11th Infantry under Paton & saw heavy fighting after D-day.
4. During the war, Kirby saw Jewish refugees in an internment camp in France. He described it as not as bad as Auschwitz but still terriblepic.twitter.com/uhbnNxslZ7
5. During war, Kirby had a bad case of frostbite, so extreme doctors talked about amputating one or both of his feet.
6. After the war, Kirby had nightmares at least once a week about the war.
7. When Kirby & Stan Lee revived Captain America in 1963, character was frozen in ice. (Remember Kirby's frostbite).pic.twitter.com/P850t7cQ6K
8. The revived Captain America was prone to nightmares and consumed with survivors guilt over death of his comrade Buckypic.twitter.com/6QUqjHMfFL
9. Thor cover drawn by Jack Kirby from March, 1963. Remember Kirby's feet almost amputated from frostbite.pic.twitter.com/uYFoqxmpCp
10. In 1960s & onward, Kirby increasingly did stories about Holocaust, often metaphorically (Galactus) but sometimes literally (this from Our Fighting Forces #160, 1974)pic.twitter.com/AXn9qT4yV7
11. In 1970s, Kirby returned to theme of super-soldier but with deeper emphasis on trauma, alienation & unprocessed memorieshttps://twitter.com/GlenDavidGold/status/921557340406530048 …
12. Thread of traumatized super-soldier runs through late period Kirby: Orion, OMAC, 1970s Captain America, Silver Star, etc
13. Kirby's sympathy for 1960s counterculture (in The Forever People) connected: although no pacifist he understood desire to flee war.
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