Today would’ve been Jack Kirby’s 97th birthday, we have Jack to thank for probably the majority of Marvel superheroes you’ve seen on the big screen (plus a hell of a lot you haven’t).
Captain America is Jack’s along with Joe Simon, and with Stan Lee he created Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Nick Fury, the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Silver Surfer, Loki, Galactus, and (a considerably more verbose) Groot. That doesn’t even cover his characters that have appeared on screen, seriously, he helped create a lot of characters.
![captorch](https://i1.wp.com/www.danconnolly.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/captorch.jpg?resize=728%2C549)
![galactus](https://i0.wp.com/www.danconnolly.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/galactus.jpg?resize=728%2C1063)
![groot](https://i0.wp.com/www.danconnolly.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/groot.gif?resize=680%2C1028)
![thedemon](https://i1.wp.com/www.danconnolly.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/thedemon.jpg?resize=728%2C529)
![black-panther](https://i0.wp.com/www.danconnolly.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/black-panther.jpg?resize=728%2C1099)
![house](https://i0.wp.com/www.danconnolly.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/house.jpg?resize=728%2C527)
![avengers](https://i1.wp.com/www.danconnolly.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/avengers.jpg?resize=728%2C1101)
![xmen](https://i0.wp.com/www.danconnolly.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/xmen.jpg?resize=728%2C1080)