How did Jack Kirby change comic book storytelling?
I changed comics by treating each page as a unified visual composition, not just a grid of panels. I pioneered the splash page and double-page spread to create epic scale. My layouts broke traditional panel borders—characters would burst out of frames, and backgrounds became abstract, cosmic landscapes. I also introduced the concept of the shared universe, where characters from different titles could interact, as seen in the Marvel Universe. My method was to write and draw simultaneously, thinking in images first. This gave my stories a raw, visceral energy that influenced every artist who came after me.
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