Kirby’s children would be eligible to claim their father’s share of the copyright of the Fantastic Four in 2017, while the Hulk would come up in 2018 and X-Men in 2019.

Four of Jack "King" Kirby's children have filed 45 "notices of termination" to Disney, Marvel Comics, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox to regain copyright ...

Walt Disney Co. may not get full ownership of many of Marvel Entertainment’s most famous superheroes if new copyright claims by the family of the late artist Jack Kirby have merit. Four children ...

The largest audience the late Jack Kirby could reach in the 1960s — back when he and Stan Lee created comic book superhero the Black Panther — was at most 200,000 through circulation.

Upper photo: Jack Kirby at work in 1965. Credit: The Jack Kirby Museum. Lower photo: Stan Lee signs artwork at his Beverly Hills office in 2009. Credit: Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times.) ...

Kirby Family Hanukkah Card from the mid-1970s is in Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles seen on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Photo by Sarah ...

A 1969 Jack Kirby collage in Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles is seen on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles ...

The legend of Marvel and DC Comics is the subject of a new exhibition, 'Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity,' at the Skirball Cultural Center. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.

A 1969 Jack Kirby collage in Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles is seen on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles ...

A 1969 Jack Kirby collage in Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles is seen on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles ...