topcat54 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Ok I know who it is just wondering how many people know? Real name only not what he was called later on.I will give the answer if no one gets it. He is a great artist. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat54 Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 Just a little bit of history for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat54 Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 Also where was he from? Just the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicquant Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Looks like Kirby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGsimba77 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Jack Kirby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) Easily recognisable. Didn't change that much in later life. Stan Lee would've been more difficult. The great Jacob Kurtzberg. Edited November 9, 2018 by Ken Aldred Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Rifleman Kurtzberg fought under Patton in France. In an unseasonably cold winter, he suffered frostbite that almost cost him parts of his feet. It factored into his decision to move to California. Stan Lee continued to live his charmed life during the war. While Kirby was freezing his feet off in combat, Ol’ Stan was the only man in the entire United States armed forces to hold the military job designation of Playwright. Larryw7, Steviehuv66 and Ken Aldred 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Oh, yeah; you wanted the state. New York. Kirby grew up in tenements on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, at a time when the area was perhaps the most densely populated real estate in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin4 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Thanks for the image! Long Live the King. Not only is he my comic book hero I revere his service to our country in the war. They don't make them like that anymore. Life was not easy for the Mr. Kirby!!! My father served in the South Pacific and he is my true hero. I love the chalk hopscotch board beneath his feet. I have fond memories of playing that as a kid on the streets of Brooklyn then reading Kirby Classics. I knew he was great as a 10 year old boy . 42 years has passed and I am even more captivated by his artwork and stories .Kirby comics take me from reality to a wonderful fond place. Truly the greatest and missed by many!!!! jools&jim, KirbyJack, Ken Aldred and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat54 Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Congrats to all you nailed it. Thought it was a cool piece of history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
