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Jack Kirby, a pioneering American comic book artist, created or co-created such well-known super­heroes as The Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Iron Man, The Silver Surfer, Thor and The X-Men. Since their very first appearances in comic book form way back in the 1960s, these larger-than-life characters have taken on an almost mythological significance in the public consciousness, thanks in no small part to a spate of recent film adaptations that have been extraordinarily successful… almost as successful as the always-burgeoning subgenre known as “conspiracy theory”. In fact, it could be argued that superheroes and conspiracy theories have experienced a parallel rise in prominence – and that Kirby represents a nexus point between them.