Across every storytelling medium from every culture in human history, monsters abound. Tales of beasts, creatures, and un-men, designed to represent the things people fear about themselves and their environments, crept into novels and sprouted into the horror films that inspired early comics. Giants like Jack Kirby used monsters to whom readers could relate as a vehicle to expand the medium into a booming industry.
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