3. Drafted into the war, Kirby was a private, serving under the 11th Infantry under Paton & saw heavy fighting after D-day.
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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
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5. During war, Kirby had a bad case of frostbite, so extreme doctors talked about amputating one or both of his feet.
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6. After the war, Kirby had nightmares at least once a week about the war.
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7. When Kirby & Stan Lee revived Captain America in 1963, character was frozen in ice. (Remember Kirby's frostbite).pic.twitter.com/P850t7cQ6K
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8. The revived Captain America was prone to nightmares and consumed with survivors guilt over death of his comrade Buckypic.twitter.com/6QUqjHMfFL
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9. Thor cover drawn by Jack Kirby from March, 1963. Remember Kirby's feet almost amputated from frostbite.pic.twitter.com/uYFoqxmpCp
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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
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Replying to @HeerJeet
(Calm down, Bolling. He'll get the Darkseid and the Lowlies and Hunger Dogs of Apokolips)
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If I ever return to this topic in a more formal essay I'll have to work in Darkseid, etc.
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(Panic, Bolling! He's not going to get to it today! Post something, quick!)pic.twitter.com/NmtfzVsLmz
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