Bucky Talk: May 2023

In The World of Comics There’s a Man Named Jack Kirby. With Pen In Hand He Drew More Than Just A Derbies. This is the Ode to A King Named Jack. Who Would Never Cut Any Slack. Who Made The Hulk Mad? It Was Kirby My Lad. Who Gave Captain America His Shield? You Know It Wasn’t The Creator Of Garfield. This is the Ode to A King Named Jack. Who Would Never Cut Any Slack. This Man Is Quite A Marvel. Who Tried Not To Make Rivals.

He Was Called The King of Comics Throughout The Land. And In No Way Was He Ever Bland. This is the Ode to A King Named Jack. Who Would Never Cut Any Slack. Never Missed A Deadline To Save His Life. But Man Was His Life Filled With Strife. Grew Up Poor In New York. Now He Has Many Fans Who Are Proud To Be Called Dorks. This is the Ode to A King Named Jack. Who Would Never Cut Any Slack. He’s Beef With Stan Lee Was Quite Legendary. But His Partnership With Joe Simon Was Quite Merry. He Left Marvel In A Sour Mood Because They Didn’t Return Back His Art. Then He Went To DC Comics Again For A Fresh Start. This is the Ode to A King Named Jack. Who Would Never Cut Any Slack. At DC, He Created Characters Like The Demon and New Gods. The Money He Made From These Comics I Bet Went To Buy A New Fishing Rod.

As He Grew Older, He Became More Bitter. You Think He Would Leave Comics but He’s No Quitter. This is the Ode to A King Named Jack. Who Would Never Cut Any Slack. He Wouldn’t See His Creations Become Mainstream. To Jack That Was Nothing More Than a Dream. He Drew Comics Until the Bitter End. At Least He Had A Wonderful Family and Good Friends. Jack Kirby Died In 1994 of Heart Failure with a Pen In Hand. As He Finally Left Earth For The Promised Land. This is the Ode to A King Named Jack. Who Would Never Cut Any Slack.

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