Editing Jack Kirby (section)

==Awards and honors==
Jack Kirby received a great deal of recognition over the course of his career, including the 1967 [[Alley Award]] for Best Pencil Artist.<ref name=alley67>{{cite web|url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley67.php|title= 1967 Alley Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140725002130/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley67.php|archive-date= July 25, 2014|url-status=live|access-date= August 10, 2010}}</ref> The following year he was runner-up behind [[Jim Steranko]]. His other Alley Awards were:
* 1963: Favorite Short Story – "The Human Torch Meets Captain America", by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, ''[[Strange Tales]]'' #114<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley63.php|title= 1963 Alley Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140725052457/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley63.php|archive-date= July 25, 2014|url-status=live|access-date= August 10, 2010}}</ref>
* 1964:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|title= 1964 Alley Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140725065718/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|archive-date= July 25, 2014|url-status=live|access-date= August 10, 2010}}</ref>
** Best Novel – "Captain America Joins the Avengers", by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, from ''[[The Avengers (comic book)|The Avengers]]'' #4
** Best New Strip or Book – "Captain America", by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, in ''[[Tales of Suspense]]''
* 1965: Best Short Story – "The Origin of the Red Skull", by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, ''Tales of Suspense'' #66<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley65.php|title= 1965 Alley Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140710044601/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley65.php|archive-date= July 10, 2014|url-status=live|access-date= August 10, 2010}}</ref>
* 1966: Best Professional Work, Regular Short Feature – "Tales of Asgard" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, in ''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley66.php |title=1966 Alley Awards |publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140725012122/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley66.php|archive-date= July 25, 2014|url-status=live|access-date= August 10, 2010}}</ref>
* 1967: Best Professional Work, Regular Short Feature – (tie) "Tales of Asgard" and "Tales of the [[Inhumans]]", both by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, in ''Thor''<ref name=alley67 />
* 1968:<ref name="Alley1968">{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley68.php |title=1968 Alley Awards |publisher=Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725003747/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley68.php |archive-date=July 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 10, 2010 |quote=[[Mark Hanerfeld]] originally listed ''Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' as the winner, but then discovered he had counted separately votes for 'Fantastic Four by Jack Kirby' (42 votes), 'Fantastic Four by Stan Lee', and 'Fantastic Four by Jack Kirby & Stan Lee', which would have given ''Fantastic Four'' a total of more than 45 votes and thus the victory. }}</ref>
** Best Professional Work, Best Regular Short Feature – "Tales of the Inhumans", by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, in ''Thor''
** Best Professional Work, Hall of Fame – ''Fantastic Four'', by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; ''[[Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (comic book)|Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'', by Jim Steranko<ref name="Alley1968" />

Kirby won a [[Shazam Award]] for Special Achievement by an Individual in 1971 for his "Fourth World" series in ''Forever People'', ''New Gods'', ''Mister Miracle'', and ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam71.php |title=1971 Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards |publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|access-date= August 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627191906/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam71.php|archive-date=June 27, 2008}}</ref> He received an [[Inkpot Award]] in 1974<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|title= Inkpot Award Winners |publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120709055558/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|archive-date= July 9, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and was inducted into the Shazam Awards Hall of Fame in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam74.php |title=1974 Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards |publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|access-date= August 10, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627191916/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam74.php| archive-date=June 27, 2008}}</ref> <!--The Awards were for work in 1974, but the ceremony, including the induction, was in 1975--> In 1987 he was an inaugural inductee into the [[The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame|Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisnersum.php|title= Will Eisner Comic Industry Award: Summary of Winners|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140812093946/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisnersum.php|archive-date= August 12, 2014|url-status=live|access-date= August 10, 2010}}</ref> He received the 1993 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award at that year's [[Eisner Award]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comic-con.org/awards/bob-clampett-humanitarian-award|title= The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award|year= 2014|publisher= [[San Diego Comic-Con International]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140701112050/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/bob-clampett-humanitarian-award|archive-date= July 1, 2014|url-status=live|access-date= August 16, 2014}}</ref>

His work was honored posthumously in 1998: The collection of his New Gods material, ''Jack Kirby's New Gods'', edited by Bob Kahan, won both the [[Harvey Award]] for Best Domestic Reprint Project,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/harvey98.php|title= 1998 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140812044646/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/harvey98.php|archive-date= August 12, 2014|url-status=live|access-date= August 10, 2010}}</ref> and the Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner98.php|title=1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054838/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner98.php|archive-date= September 21, 2013|url-status=live|access-date=August 10, 2010}}</ref> On July 14, 2017, Jack Kirby was named a [[Disney Legends|Disney Legend]] for his part in the creation of numerous characters that would comprise Disney's [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=McMillan|first1=Graeme|title=Jack Kirby to Be Named 'Disney Legend' at D23 Expo in July|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jack-kirby-be-named-disney-legend-at-d23-expo-july-1014421|access-date=July 16, 2017|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 16, 2017|archive-date= November 16, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116114602/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jack-kirby-be-named-disney-legend-at-d23-expo-july-1014421 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Jack Kirby Awards]] and [[Jack Kirby Hall of Fame]] were named in his honor.<ref name=olbrich>{{cite web | url = https://funnybookfanatic.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-the-jack-kirby-comics-industry-awards-a-lesson-in-honesty/ | first=Dave|last= Olbrich | date= December 17, 2008 | title= The End of the Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards: A Lesson in Honesty | publisher= Funny Book Fanatic (Dave Olbrich official blog) | access-date= August 22, 2015 | archive-date=June 24, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130624035429/http://funnybookfanatic.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-the-jack-kirby-comics-industry-awards-a-lesson-in-honesty/ | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.comic-con.org/awards/history "Eisner Awards History,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819130112/https://www.comic-con.org/awards/history |date=August 19, 2018 }} San Diego Comic-Con International official website. Accessed May 3, 2013.</ref><ref>"Newswatch: Kirby Awards End In Controversy", ''The Comics Journal'' #122 (June 1988), pp. 19–20</ref> He was the posthumous recipient of the [[Bill Finger Award]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://comicbook.com/comics/2017/06/15/comic-con-announces-2017-bill-finger-award-recipients |title= Bill Finger Award Recipients |date= September 5, 2017 |publisher= Comics Continuum |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190718220207/https://comicbook.com/comics/2017/06/15/comic-con-announces-2017-bill-finger-award-recipients/ |archive-date= July 18, 2019 |url-status= live |access-date= February 21, 2020 }}</ref>

[[File:Will Eisner Jack Kirby Mrs Kirby 1982.jpg|thumb|Will Eisner (left), Jack Kirby (middle), and Roz Kirby in 1982]]
With [[Will Eisner]], [[Robert Crumb]], [[Harvey Kurtzman]], [[Gary Panter]] and [[Chris Ware]], Kirby was among the artists honored in the exhibition "Masters of American Comics" at the [[Jewish Museum (New York)|Jewish Museum]] in New York City from September 16, 2006, to January 28, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/Comics |title=Exhibitions: Masters of American Comics |publisher=The Jewish Museum |access-date=August 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511174819/http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/Comics |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kimmelman |first=Michael |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/arts/design/13comi.html |title=See You in the Funny Papers |publisher=(art review), The New York Times |date=October 13, 2006 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906193438/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/arts/design/13comi.html?_r=1 |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Asteroid [[51985 Kirby]], discovered September 22, 2001, was named in his honor.<ref name="MPC-asteroid">{{cite web|title = 51985 Kirby (2001 SA116)|publisher = [[International Astronomical Union]] [[Minor Planet Center]]|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=51985|date = n.d.|access-date = February 6, 2018|archive-date = February 6, 2018|archive-url = https://archive.today/20180206231637/https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=51985 |url-status=live |df = mdy-all}} Additional on February 6, 2018.</ref> A [[Kirby (crater)|crater]] on [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], located near the north pole, was named in his honor in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15858 |title = Kirby |publisher = [[NASA]] |work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |access-date = May 24, 2020 |archive-date = October 11, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191011205832/https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15858 |url-status = live }}</ref>