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Joe Simon

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born

October 12, 1913 in Rochester, New York, The United States

died

December 14, 2011

gender

male

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels

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Joseph Henry "Joe" Simon (born Hymie Simon) was an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s-1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics.

With his partner, artist Jack Kirby, he co-created Captain America, one of comics' most enduring superheroes, and the team worked extensively on such features at DC Comics as the 1940s Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy, and co-created the Newsboy Legion, the Boy Commandos, and Manhunter. Simon & Kirby creations for other comics publishers include Boys' Ranch, Fighting American and the Fly. In the late 1940s, the duo created the field of...more

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Books by Joe Simon

Average rating: 3.98 · 218 ratings · 29 reviews · 26 distinct works

	The Best of Simon and Kirby by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Mark Evanier (Essayist) 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	My Life in Comics by Joe Simon, Steve Saffel 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America, Vol. 1 by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Simon And Kirby Superheroes by Joe Simon, Steve Saffel (Editor), Jack Kirby (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The Comic Book Makers by Joe Simon, Jim Simon 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Captain America: The Classic Years by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Captain America: The Legacy of Captain America by Joe Simon, Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Sandman by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby (Author/Illustrator), John Morrow (Introduction) 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Newsboy Legion, Vol. 1 by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The Simon And Kirby Library: Crime by Joe Simon (Illustrator), Jack Kirby (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	My rating: