Episode 21. Who wrote Jack Kirby's 1st story for Marvel? Hint: Martin Bursten is not Kirby

  • 6 years ago
Jack Kirby's first comic story for Marvel, back then known as Timely was Red Raven Comics 1, 1940 when he worked with Joe Simon. This Mercury short strip is credited to Martin A. Bursten and this was thought to be a pen name for Jack Kirby himself for many years. Turns out he's an actual person. What caused this historical mix up? Who exactly was Martin Bursten?

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