"Jack Kirby - Did you enjoy The Avengers? Then thank this man. Stan Lee has had his hands shaken and praises sung enough times that we’re pretty sure he feels loved by now, but Kirby, who cocreated many of Marvel’s mightiest, can claim credit for Captain America (along with Joe Simon). While his creative battles with Marvel are well-known, it’s a tale less-told that he landed in Omaha Beach not long after D-Day, and used his artistic talents to draw recon maps for the army. Nearly losing his limbs to frostbite, he was honorably discharged having earned a Bronze Battle Star. Sadly, he died in 1994, but his work lives on forever."
- Nerdist news letter (via thehatmanandrobin)
