Kirby is solely responsible for making me love comics.
I was about 6 at the time I read Marvel Treasury #11..the Fantastic Four. "This Man, This Monster" made me realize the power comics had....even at that young age. I didn't fully understand the story, but I did get the redemption and sacrifice angles, and that a hero comes from the unlikeliest of places.

Nowhereman, check out Kirby's 1970's Black Panther run. If you don't like that you may never like Kirby.