A Dearth of Stan and Jack Photos

By | Wednesday, July 29, 2026 Leave a Comment
I started writing a piece about Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, and I went to get a picture of the two of them. I realized that I've only ever seen three photographs of the two of them together: one from 1966, one from 1975, and a fairly recently uncovered one from a convention in the 1980s...
Considering how much they worked together, and how significant their partnership was to comics, it strikes me as curious that there are so few pictures of the two of them togther. (I'm sure there's got to be more than just these three, right?)

It's not like either Lee or Kirby were camera-shy. We have a number of pictures of Jack with his other noteable business partner, Joe Simon, and many more with his wife, Roz. And, geez, how many tons of pictures can you find of Stan with a quick Google search? Hell, part of his schtick any more is making cameo appearances in Marvel movies!

So it makes me wonder why they were so rarely photographed together?

I mean, three photos? That's it? I have literally seen more pictures of Jack with Paul and Linda McCartney, who he only met once in 1976, than I have of Jack with Stan.
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