I'll take "Jack" for $1600…

Jack Kirby would have been pleased to see this "answer" on tonight's episode of Jeopardy! And what would have pleased him most was not that it showed he was famous but that he was being credited as a co-creator. He did not see that often when he was alive.

He saw himself being praised as a great artist — and when he complained to Stan about not being acknowledged for inventing (or co-inventing) characters and comics, Stan's response was usually to praise Jack more as an artist. Happily, Jack is now formally acknowledged the way he wanted to be…and yes, I know: Too little, too late. But "better late than never" is applicable here and we have to settle for that.

I have respect for a number of things Stan Lee did during his long career but I do not buy any of the excuses that absolve him of blame for Jack not getting the credit he deserved. Hell, if he'd just said in public (or in depositions) some of the things he said to me in private, he could have lived up to that line about how with great power comes great responsibility.

And in case you're interested, the contestant on Jeopardy! who rang in on this answer was their long-reigning champion, Matt Amodio, the guy who starts all his responses with "what" even when "who" or "where" would be more proper. His response to this one was "What's Kirby?"