Being a huge fan of both Jack Kirby and the Beatles I thought I'd share this story.
Jack Kirby Meets Paul McCartney
From the unusual team-ups department:
Back in 1976, Jack Kirby --the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Hulk co-creator -- got the chance to go backstage at a Wings concert. He met Paul and Linda McCartney, then he presented them with a picture he'd drawn of them with the X-Men villain Magneto (below). Even better, there's a photo set of the two legends coming face to face.
McCartney and Wings recorded a song called Magneto and Titanium Man; here is the song and lyrics:
Well I Was Talking Last Night
Magneto And Titanium Man . . .
We Were Talking About You, Babe,
Oo --- They Said ---
You Were Involved In A Robbery
That Was Due To Happen
At A Quarter To Three
In The Main Street.
I Didn't Believe Them
Magneto And Titanium Man . . .
But When The Crimson Dynamo
Finally Assured Me, Well, I Knew
You Were Involved In A Robbery
That Was Due To Happen
At A Quarter To Three
In The Main Street.
So We Went Out
Magneto And Titanium Man . . .
And The Crimson Dynamo
Came Along For The Ride
We Went To Town With The Library
And We Swung All Over That
Long Tall Bank In The Main Street
Well There She Were And To My Despair
She's A Five-Star Criminal
Breaking The Code
Magneto Said "Now The Time Come
To Gather Our Forces And Run!!!"
Oh No . . . . . .
This Can't Be So . . . . . .
And Then It Occurred To Me!
You Couldn't Be Bad
Magneto Was Mad!
Titanium Too!
And The Crimson Dynamo
Just Couldn't Cut It No More
You Were The Law . . . . . .