The Daily Rios 08.28.12: Happy Birthday, Jack Kirby!

Happy 95th Birthday, Jack Kirby! (02:42)

List of Jack Kirby characters that helped to shape this tribute:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Characters_created_by_Jack_Kirby

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Lyrics:

(first verse)
Wyatt Wingfoot, Thing and Human Torch, Diablo, Skrulls and Goom,
Puppet Master, Alicia, Reed and Sue, Inhumans, Dr. Doom.
Dragon Man, Galactus, Blastaar, Willie Lumpkin and Rick Jones.
The DC group FF’s based on: Challengers of the Unknown.

Quasimodo, Awesome Android, Watcher, Bucky, Hulk and Kang,
Egghead, H.E.R.B.I.E., the Celestials, Blob, the Yancy Street Gang.
Ant-Man, Psycho-Man, Absorbing Man, Mole Man, the Danger Room.
Wonder, Ice, and Machine Man… Fin Fang Foom!

Red Ghost, Black Panther, Crystal, and Red Skull.
Thor, Sif, Odin, Loki, Balder, Hela and Heimdall.
Zabu, Zemo, Zuras, Zola, Zeus begin with z.
HYDRA, S.H.I.E.L.D., M.O.D.O.K., it’s time to move onto DC.

(second verse)
Sonny Sumo, Boy Commandos, Sandman, Virman Vundabar.
The Forever People zoom around in Big Bear’s car.
Female Furies, Himon, Intergang, Black Racer, Kalibak.
Etrigan the Demon, Oberon and O.M.A.C.

Forager, Mikkari, Klarion the Witch Boy.
Big Barda likes to hold onto a really big toy.
Bruno Mannheim, Atlas, Morgan Edge, DeSaad will make you bleed.
Granny Goodness, Lightray, Metron and the great Darkseid (side).

Mister Miracle, Orion, Tigra, Deep Six,
Mother Box, Boom Tubes, New Genesis, Apokolips.
Highfather and the Source Wall, Glorious Godfrey
and the last boy on earth known as Kamandi.

(And now for everything else!)

(third verse)
Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy, Cyclops, Beast and Marvel Girl.
Parademons and the Sentinels and the whole Fourth World.
The Avengers, Angel, Iron Man, Thunderbolt Ross.
Professor X, Magneto, Fly, Groot and the Wasp.

Ronan the Accuser, Vision, and Destroyer Duck.
Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, the Enchantress likes to -censored-.
Dubbilex, Klaw, Vision, Adam Warlock, Scarlet Witch.

Dont you know who I am? I’m the Juggernaut, bitch!

Batroc the Leaper, the Warriors Three.
Funky Flashman was really Stan Lee.
This last one you best beware if you wear a swastika:
co-created with Joe Simon, Captain America.

Happy Birthday, Jack Kirby, you were the best.
I’m sorry I couldn’t fit all the rest.
Without you comics would be boring
and that’s why you’ll always and forever be the King.

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