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Robservations with Rob Liefeld

The Kirby Chronicles!

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8818 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Jack Kirby left Marvel for DC Comics in 1970 and the industry shook. While his characters, such as Darkseid, are in the spotlight in today’s blockbusters, such as DC K.O., it wasn’t always so. The story of Jack’s sudden exodus and Marvel’s subtle but effective counter measures continues to provide valuable lessons for the industry today! 

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Rob LaFeld Show featuring Rob Observations.

0:11.4

I bring five decades experience in the world of comic books and entertainment.

0:18.0

I am not some bystander.

0:23.8

Watching the industry go by, I am a full-blown participant having contributed lasting memorable works to the world of comic books that have informed

0:31.4

the business and the art of this brilliant medium. If it's happening in streaming, in movies,

0:37.2

in comic books,

0:38.0

in games,

0:39.1

we are talking about it,

0:41.3

we're discussing it,

0:42.7

right here.

0:48.1

Hey, everybody,

0:49.1

and welcome to another episode

0:51.4

of the Rob Liffeld Show

0:52.5

featuring Rob Observations.

0:54.0

Thank you, as always, for joining us, wherever you are listening to, to another episode of the Rob Blackfield show featuring Rob observations.

0:59.3

Thank you, as always, for joining us wherever you were listening to our show from, wherever that signal emanates, whether it's the Apple, iPod, or Spotify, Iheart radio,

1:09.4

or our YouTube channel.

1:12.0

We just thank you so much for tuning in and wanting to talk comics with me.

1:17.6

And I just have a great story to tell you today.

1:21.3

I've been obsessing over over a lot of the history of comic books because, you just like the history of anything entertainment movies television sports you know individually football basketball baseball so much of what has happened in the past informs the future and today as we look at what I believe is the most significant figure in the history

1:44.4

of comic books, no, it's not Stanley. It's Jack the King Kirby. Jack Kirby, uh, if you just casually

1:52.7

examine his resume, you will be staggered. And, uh, just by, by the, by the sheer volume of his

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