#JackedKirby - Professor X and Martin Luther King... Kirby Style! 💥💥💥 Today we are celebrating Martin Luther King’s birthday 52 years after his untimely assassination so I thought it would be fitting to shine a light on a slight Kirby connection to this great man. When X-Men #Issue1 hit newsstands in September of 1963 (it probably arrived in August) it was right on the heels of the famous “March on Washington” led by MLK. Stan and Jack wanted to do a book that represented the struggle with Civil Rights happening in this country... hence the X-Men! 💥💥💥 The obvious connection to the real world civil rights movement comes in the form of the two mutant leaders in charge of the different groups. Professor X and Magneto. Both wanted to help out their fellow mutants... they just had different philosophies on how to do that. Similar to Martin Luther King and his fellow civil rights activist, Malcolm X. 💥💥💥 Malcolm X and MLK had very different approaches to how they thought equality could be achieved... MLK through a peaceful message of inclusion and Magneto with a more forceful “by any means necessary” approach. These same attitudes are reflected in Professor X and Magento... and considering the origin of the characters in the book it seems intentional on Jack & Stan’s part. 💥💥💥 In honor of MLK today, let’s take a look at an early panel from X-Men #Issue1 (Sept of 1963) where Professor X explains his philosophy to a young Jean Grey. Happy MLK Day everyone... be kind, be thoughtful and treat other how you want to be treated!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #XMen #MLK #MartinLutherKing #ProfessorX #StanLee #StanAndJack #MLKDay #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #60sComics #ComicsOfThe60s https://www.instagram.com/p/B7jyNGCBSxf/?igshid=1ebpfszwdgnyv