Kirby didn’t just draw, he invented characters. Sure Stan thought up the character, but he left design to Kirby. Doctor Doom was magnificent. Galactus, Thor Xmen, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, the Hulk. All these characters were designed from Kirby’s brain and penciled onto paper. Stan even let him write some of the stories. No disrespect to Stan, but Kirby made everything so interesting to look at you couldn’t wait to turn the page. I quit collecting Marvel around Fantastic 4 issue 100, when Kirby left. Jack was the “Frazetta” of comics. Having a different artist was like changing actors for the same character in the same TV series. It just isn’t the same and loses the magic.
