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"The Incredible Hulk" (1978): : -- The Incredible Hulk is based on the popular comic book tale of the metamorphosis of a scientist who achieves mysterious superhuman strength when he is angered.
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Overview

Date of Birth:

28 August 1917, New York City, New York, USA more

Date of Death:

6 February 1994, Thousand Oaks, California, USA more

Trivia:

A dispute with Stan Lee forced Kirby to leave Marvel after over thirty... more

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Down 2% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

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(106 articles)

Kenneth Branagh's Thor Finally Starts Shooting in January
 (From FirstShowing.net. 13 November 2009, 3:48 PM, PST)
Tribute To A Master
 (From Comicmix. 9 November 2009, 9:20 AM, PST)

Alternate Names:

Jack 'King' Kirby | Jack 'The King' Kirby

Filmography

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In Development What's this?
  1. Fantastic Four (details only on IMDb Pro)
  2. Iron Man 3 (details only on IMDb Pro)
  3. Silver Surfer (details only on IMDb Pro)
Writer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Ant-Man (announced) (2012) (comic book) 2012 - -
- 2. Nick Fury (announced) (2012) (character) 2012 - -
- 3. The First Avenger: Captain America (announced) (2011)   (characters) 2011 - -
AKAs:
  • First Avenger: Captain America (USA: informal title)
- 4. Thor (pre-production) (2011)   (characters) 2011 - -
AKAs:
  • The Mighty Thor (International: English title: copyright title)
- 5. Iron Man 2 (post-production) (2010)   (characters) 2010 - -
AKAs:
  • Iron Man II (International: English title: promotional title)
- 6. "Iron Man: Armored Adventures" (2008) (unknown episodes, 2008) 2008 - -
- 7. The Incredible Hulk (2008) (VG) (characters) 2008 - 6.7 (294)
- 8. Iron Man (2008) (VG) (characters) 2008 - 5.7 (235)
- 9. Iron Man (2008)   (characters) 2008 $572M 8.0 (148,877)
AKAs:
  • Ironman (International: English title: alternative spelling) (USA: poster title)
- 10. 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)   (characters) 2007 $278M 5.8 (51,688)
AKAs:
  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Germany) (USA: promotional title)
  • Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (UK: DVD title)
  • Les 4 Fantastiques et le Surfer d'Argent (Canada: French title)
- 11. Ultimate Avengers II (2006) (V)   (comic book & characters) 2006 - 6.9 (1,664)
AKAs:
  • Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (USA: DVD box title)
- 12. Fantastic Four (2005)   (Marvel comic book) 2005 $329M 5.7 (65,386)
AKAs:
  • Fantastic Four (Germany)
- 13. The Punisher (2004) (VG) (characters) 2004 - 8.9 (508)
- 14. Hulk (2003) (Marvel comic book character) 2003 $242M 5.7 (65,152)
- 15. "X-Men: Evolution" (2000) (unknown episodes) 2000 - 8.0 (1,367)
- 16. "Superman" (1996)   (5 episodes, 1997-2000) 2000 - 8.6 (1,354)
AKAs:
  • Superman: The Animated Series (USA: informal alternative title)
5 TV episodes:
- 17. "Avengers" (1999)   (1 episode) 1999 - 5.6 (76)
1 TV episode:
  • Kang (????) (comic book & characters) (uncredited) (creator) (uncredited)
- 18. "Silver Surfer" (1998)   (1 episode, 1998) 1998 - 7.3 (182)
1 TV episode:
- 19. "The Incredible Hulk" (1996) (unknown episodes) 1996 - 7.1 (208)
- 20. X-Men 2: Clone Wars (1995) (VG) (characters) 1995 - 7.1 (18)
- 21. "Fantastic Four" (1994)   (unknown episodes) 1994 - 6.7 (268)
AKAs:
  • The Marvel Action Hour: The Fantastic Four (USA)
- 22. The Fantastic Four (1994) (comic book) (uncredited) 1994 - 3.8 (1,377)
- 23. The Punisher (1993) (VG) (characters) 1993 - 8.9 (39)
- 24. X-Men (1993) (VG) (comic book characters) 1993 - 7.3 (35)
- 25. "X-Men" (1992) (unknown episodes) 1992 - 9.0 (3,150)
- 26. Captain America and the Avengers (1991) (VG) (characters) 1991 - 6.9 (28)
- 27. Captain America (1990) (characters) 1990 - 2.8 (4,012)
- 28. Pryde of the X-Men (1989) (TV) (characters) (uncredited) 1989 - 6.9 (376)
- 29. "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" (1981)   (1 episode, 1982) 1982 - 7.1 (248)
1 TV episode:
- 30. "The Incredible Hulk" (1982)   (unknown episodes) 1982 - 7.1 (84)
AKAs:
  • The All New Incredible Hulk (UK: video box title)
  • The Incredible Hulk 1982 (UK: DVD box title)
- 31. Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979) (TV) (characters) 1979 - 3.9 (190)
- 32. "Fred and Barney Meet the Thing" (1979) (unknown episodes) 1979 - 6.1 (15)
- 33. Captain America (1979/I) (TV) (characters) 1979 - 4.0 (287)
- 34. "The Incredible Hulk" (1978)   (1 episode, 1978) 1978 - 7.2 (1,507)
1 TV episode:
- 35. "The Fantastic Four" (1978)   (unknown episodes) 1978 - 5.7 (41)
AKAs:
  • The Fabulous Fantastic Four (UK: video box title)
  • The New Fantastic Four (USA: promotional title)
- 36. "Spider-Man" (1967)   (77 episodes, 1967-1970) 1970 - 7.4 (474)
AKAs:
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (UK: video box title)
77 TV episodes: 72 episodes not shown.
- 37. "Fantastic 4" (1967)   (5 episodes, 1967-1968) 1968 - 6.7 (126)
5 TV episodes:
- 38. Binbasi Tayfun (1968)   (comic strip Captain America) 1968 - -
AKAs:
  • Major Tayfun (International: English title)
- 39. "Mighty Thor" (1966)   (unknown episodes) 1966 - 6.8 (62)
AKAs:
  • The Mighty Thor (UK: video box title)
- 40. "Iron Man" (1966)   (characters) 1966 - 6.5 (120)
AKAs:
  • The Invincible Iron Man (UK: video box title)
- 41. "Hulk" (1966)   (characters) (creator) 1966 - 6.1 (111)
AKAs:
  • The Incredible Hulk (UK: video box title) (USA: promotional title)
- 42. "The Marvel Superheroes" (1966) (comic book & characters) (uncredited) 1966 - 5.7 (44)
- 43. "Captain America" (1966) (comic book & characters) (uncredited) (creator) (uncredited) 1966 - 5.6 (85)
- 44. Captain America (1944)   (character) (uncredited) 1944 - 7.2 (146)
AKAs:
  • Return of Captain America (USA: reissue title)
Animation Department
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- 1. "Mister T" (1983)   character designer (30 episodes, 1983-1985) 1985 - 5.5 (73)
30 TV episodes: 25 episodes not shown.
- 2. "Space Stars" (1981) (character designer) (1981) 1981 - 7.9 (7)
- 3. "Goldie Gold and Action Jack" (1981)   character designer (13 episodes, 1981) 1981 - 6.4 (14)
13 TV episodes: 8 episodes not shown.
- 4. "Thundarr the Barbarian" (1980)   character designer (21 episodes, 1980-1981) 1981 - 7.4 (186)
21 TV episodes: 16 episodes not shown.
- 5. "The New Shmoo" (1979) (character designer) (1979) 1979 - 7.3 (17)
- 6. "The World's Greatest SuperFriends" (1979)   character designer (8 episodes, 1979) 1979 - 7.5 (53)
AKAs:
  • SuperFriends IV (USA: short title)
8 TV episodes: 3 episodes not shown.
Miscellaneous Crew
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Rambo" (1986)   creative consultant (unknown episodes, 1986) 1986 - 7.0 (118)
AKAs:
  • Rambo: The Force of Freedom (USA: long title)
- 2. "Lazer Tag Academy" (1986) (creative consultant) (1986) 1986 - 4.6 (16)
- 3. "The Centurions" (1986)   creative consultant (65 episodes, 1986) 1986 - 7.5 (207)
65 TV episodes: 60 episodes not shown.
- 4. "Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos" (1986)   creative consultant (5 episodes, 1986) 1986 - 5.9 (77)
5 TV episodes:
- 5. "Fantastic 4" (1967)   based on an idea by (1 episode, 1967) 1967 - 6.7 (126)
1 TV episode:
Art Department
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- 1. De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros (2002) (V) (art work) 2002 - 6.6 (130)
- 2. "The Fantastic Four" (1978)   storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1978) 1978 - 5.7 (41)
AKAs:
  • The Fabulous Fantastic Four (UK: video box title)
  • The New Fantastic Four (USA: promotional title)
13 TV episodes: 8 episodes not shown.
Actor
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- 1. "The Incredible Hulk" (1978)   Sketch Artist (1 episode, 1979) 1979 - 7.2 (1,507)
1 TV episode:
  • No Escape (1979) (uncredited) Sketch Artist
Thanks
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Frankenpimp (2009) (special thanks) 2009 - -
- 2. The King & the Worst (2009) (in memory of) 2009 - -
- 3. "Minoriteam" (2005)   special thanks (1 episode, 2006) 2006 - 3.8 (189)
1 TV episode:
- 4. Sin City (2005)   (special thanks) 2005 $99M 8.4 (229,309)
AKAs:
  • Frank Miller's Sin City (USA: complete title)
- 5. The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' (2003) (V)   (special thanks) (as Jack 'King' Kirby) 2003 - 6.2 (71)
AKAs:
  • The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men (USA: alternative title)
- 6. X-Men (2000)   (special thanks) 2000 $294M 7.4 (111,417)
AKAs:
  • X-Men (Canada: French title)
  • X-Men 1.5 (USA: DVD box title)
- 7. "Superman" (1996)   dedicated to the memory of (1 episode, 1998) 1998 - 8.6 (1,354)
AKAs:
  • Superman: The Animated Series (USA: informal alternative title)
1 TV episode:
Self
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- 1. "Bob" (1992)   Himself (1 episode, 1993) 1993 - 8.4 (42)
1 TV episode:
- 2. Comic Book Confidential (1988) Himself 1988 - 6.8 (278)
- 3. The Masters of Comic Book Art (1987) Himself 1987 - 7.6 (13)

Additional Details

Other Works:

Created and drew comic book characters in the 1940s: Blue Bolt, Captain America, Boy Commandos, Guardian and the Newsboy Legion, revamped the Sandman. more

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography | 5 Articles more

Genres:

Animation | Family | Action | Adventure more

Plot Keywords:

Superhero | Character Name In Title | Marvel Comics | Based On Comic Book more

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