Lower East Side street named for ‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby a nod to one of the countless kids of immigrants who shaped the genre

The Thing is from the fictional Yancy Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, where creator Jack Kirby was raised. Richie S/flickr, CC BY –  By Miriam Eve Mora, Managing Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, University of Michigan Published: 2026 May 07 – …