The frenetic action and the rooftop fighting so common on the superhero set did not just materialize out of nowhere. Mr. Kirby remembered much of it from his Depression-era youth on New York’s Lower East Side, where, he once told an interviewer, the incessant fights among rival gangs were often staged up and down fire escapes and during running battles across tenement rooftops.
The Times piece itself seems to have some pieces missing. The writer doesn't explain his description of Kirby as a "an abused and neglected genius" or provide any examples of this assertion: "Marvel took his talents for granted and denied him the credit and compensation he clearly deserved."
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