Marvel Comics: The Untold Story (68 page)

Jap-Buster Johnson
, 25

Jefferson, Thomas, 186

Jemas, Bill, 404–6, 409, 410–13, 418–22, 427

Jim Shooter Destroys the Marvel Universe
, 266

John, Elton, 189n

Johnson, Arte, 170

Johnson, Lady Bird, 73

Johnson, Lyndon, 3, 94

Jones, Grace, 222

Jones, Jeff, 125

Jones, Jessica, 411

Jones, Louise, 220, 235, 244, 265

Jones, Rick, 39, 40, 101, 140, 161–62

Journey into Mystery
, 34, 40, 71, 74

Juliet of the Spirits
(film), 61

Julius Caesar
(Shakespeare), 104

Jungle Action
, 132–33, 180, 184

Jurgens, Dan, 370, 372

Justice Department, U.S., 32

Justice League of America, The, 1, 2, 68, 266, 272

Kahn, Jenette, 246, 263

Kalish, Carol, 249, 252, 267–68, 279, 321–22, 324–25, 333, 357

Kamandi
, 166

Kane, Bob, 335

Kane, Gil, 68, 116, 175, 336

Kaplan, Barry, 169, 170, 217, 324

Kass, Douglas, 339

Kavanagh, Terry, 297, 366

Ka-Zar, 14, 22, 50n, 105, 106, 114

KB Toys, 405

Kefauver, Estes, 30

Kempton, Sally, 60n

Kennedy, Edward M., 46

Kennedy, John F., 4, 49

Kennedy, Robert F., 46, 95

Kenner toys, 263, 310

Kent, Clark.
See
Superman

Kid Colt Outlaw
, 2

King, Larry, 334

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 48, 95

King, Stephen, 126

Kingpin, 96, 115n, 138, 240, 241, 419

Kinney National, 88, 90, 91

Kirby, Jack, xi, 4, 36, 37, 93, 94n, 100, 114, 115, 178, 192, 201, 280, 328, 422, 433

and African-American characters, 97, 184

ancient alien visitor themes of, 86, 194–95

in animation industry, 232, 348

artists working with or influenced by, 50–51, 57, 70, 79, 83–85, 95n, 176, 251, 266, 276, 411

characters created by, 41, 86–87, 98, 120, 213, 232, 267, 273, 282, 389, 422

childhood and youth of, 16–17

at comic conventions, 103, 164, 317

at DC, 118, 163–64

death of, 360, 361

departure from Marvel of, 5, 105–6, 108, 111, 116, 150, 329, 336

fans and, 56, 126, 264, 317

and film projects, 104

final meeting of Lee and, 359–60

Gerber’s collaboration with, 239, 245

Kiss costumes inspired by, 189

Lee’s collaboration with, 2, 33–35, 38–40, 43–44, 46–48, 52, 53, 64–66, 69, 71, 72, 76, 84–85, 90–91, 99, 102, 103, 123, 210, 215, 224, 227, 269, 304–6, 371

Lee’s estrangement from, 66, 118–19, 243–45, 262–63, 278–79, 290

Marvel’s mistreatment of, 207–8, 231, 238–39, 277–78, 285, 292, 318–19, 351

modern art and, 60, 61

returns to Marvel, 164, 194, 207

sole creator claims of, 119, 244–45, 278–79, 292–93, 429–30

at Timely Comics, 16–23, 77, 98

on “Voices of Marvel” recording, 55

Kirby, Roz, 33, 65, 102, 103, 126, 263, 278, 293, 306, 360

Kiss (band), 189–92, 196, 199, 205, 216, 221, 222

Kitchen, Denis, 122, 123

Klimt, Gustav, 257

Knievel, Evel, 124

Knights Templar, 143

Koblish, Scott, 408, 409

Koch, Kenneth, 112

Korean War, 28

Korvac, 213–14, 228

Kraft, David Anthony, 135, 153, 158–59, 168, 173n, 183, 199, 211–12, 220–21

Kramer, Lee, 215

Krang, 35

Krantz, Steve, 61n, 195

Krantz Films, 77

Kree, the, 86, 116, 140, 160, 172n, 194, 228, 230, 397, 422, 397

Krigstein, Bernie, 234

Kristal, Sylvia, 170

Kronos, 141

Kung Fu
(television show), 144

Kuppin, Larry, 294, 311, 312

Kuramoto, Morrie, 68, 107, 124, 176, 250–51, 279

Kurrgo, 35

Kurtzberg, Jacob.
See
Kirby, Jack

Kurtzman, Harvey, 122, 234

Landau, Al, 128–29, 148–50, 153, 155, 166, 168–70, 182, 367

Landscape of Contemporary Cinema, The
(Sherman and Lewis), 85

Larsen, Erik, 336, 382, 429

Larsen, Sven, 326, 333–34, 341, 343

Lash, Batton, 76

Last Year at Marienbad
(film), 113

Lawrence, Robert, 61, 79–80, 121

Layton, Bob, 223, 270, 286, 289, 290, 300, 347

Lazarus, Leon, 45

Lear, Norman, 215

Lee, Jim, 317, 318, 327, 329, 333, 335–40, 346, 347, 372, 373, 375, 379, 387–89, 393, 429

Lee, Joan Boocock, 27, 92, 128–30, 131n, 136, 170, 202

Lee, Spike, 330, 419

Lee, Stan, 30–66, 68, 76–77, 87, 117–18, 144, 146, 156, 192, 217, 250, 285, 328, 375, 425, 427, 433

artists and, 26, 31, 33, 34, 36, 44, 50, 57–58, 78n, 81, 83n, 98–100, 104, 124, 146, 348 (
see also specific collaborators below
)

and Beatles project, 211–12

“Bullpen Bulletins” column, 4, 90, 102, 122, 190, 428

and buyouts of Marvel, 91–93, 313

characters created by, xi, 2–3, 145n, 173, 222, 245, 264, 341, 354, 415

celebrity of, 120, 190, 214, 414–15, 430

childhood and youth of, 23–24

college campus speaking engagements of, 60, 80

control over content ceded by, 140, 157, 158

Conway and, 114–16, 124–25, 165–66, 186–88

and counterculture influences, 122–23, 134, 140, 144

deadline pressures on, 44–46, 51–52

Ditko’s collaboration with, 34, 41–43, 52–53, 69, 82, 143, 210, 400–401, 405

Ditko’s estrangement from, 53–57, 62–63, 400–1

fan club started by (
see
Merry Marvel Marching Society)