New York City to Unveil 'Jack Kirby Way' on the Lower East Side

Overview

• New York’s City Council approved a street co-naming for Jack Kirby after a lobbying push by comics scholar Roy Schwartz.
• The sign will go up on a block of Essex Street on the Lower East Side between Delancey Street and Rivington Street.
• Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg to Jewish immigrants, created or co-created Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, and Black Panther.
• His neighborhood shaped his work, including Ben Grimm of the Fantastic Four and the fictional Yancy Street inspired by Delancey Street.
• The tribute adds civic recognition to a legacy that New York has celebrated before, including a Captain America statue unveiled in Brooklyn in 2016.