Joe Simon

Joseph H. "Joe" Simon (born 1915) was a comic book author and cartoonist who created or co-created many memorable characters in the Golden Age. He worked extensively with Jack Kirby, with whom he co-created Captain America for Timely Comics (now Marvel), one of the most enduring superhero characters. He also created (or co-created) the Fighting American, The Fly, and (for DC Comics) the 1940s Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy, the Newsboy Legion, Boy Commandos, and Manhunter.

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His non-fiction prose book The Comic Book Makers (co-written with his son Jim Simon) is an autobiographical history of the mid-20th century comics industry.

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1915: 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar)....

Comic book: A comic book is a magazine or book containing the sequential art in the form of a narrative. Comic books are often called comics for short. Although the term implies otherwise, the subject matter in comic books is not necessarily humorous, and in fact its dramatic seriousness varies widely. The term...

Cartoonist: A cartoonist is an artist who specializes in drawing cartoons. The term can also be applied to those who produce comic books, anime, manga, as well as comic strip creators and those working in animation. Those artists whose work is said to have a "cartoony" style are also called cartoonists....

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