All Photos By Gail

In 1976, comic book artist Jack Kirby and his wife Roz presented Paul and Linda McCartney with a gift of this original drawing while  backstage at the Los Angeles Forum, when the couple were touring with their band Wings. The pencil drawing is inscribed:

To Paul & Linda

Best Wishes

Jack Kirby

Paul and Linda with Jack, Backstage at The Forum

The image was inspired by McCartney‘s “Magneto and Titanium Man,” a song centered on a bank robbery masterminded by villains Magneto, Titanium Man, and the Crimson Dynamo — Marvel characters originally created by Kirby, Stan Lee and Don Heck.

Photographed in the Skirball Center, Los Angeles as part of the Exhibit Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity.