Just a few days ago I wrote about the passing of Jerry Robinson. Today, I am again saddened to report the death of another one of the greats of the Golden Age of Comic Books, Joe Simon at age 98. Joe was, of course, half of the famous team of Simon & Kirby who brought [...]
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Joe Simon – My Life in Comics
I’m in Charlotte, NC for Heroes Con 2011. It’s been a great show so far and I’m looking forward to the next two days. The highlight today was my conversation with Steve Saffel of Titan Books about the great new Joe Simon autobiography, “My Life in Comics”. Simon, along with co-legend Jack Kirby are perhaps [...]
Golden Age Reprint Roundup – September 13, 2009
There have been some good Golden Age reprints over the last few weeks. Both Marvel and DC have provided some interesting and esoteric offerings. DC Comics DC has published The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby. This hard back book features the “new look” Sandman and Sandy from Adventure Comics 72 (March 1942) through [...]
New Golden Age Reprint Material – Captain America
I love to see Golden Age comic books reprinted. This is especially true for comics that have not been widely reprinted in the past and where to acquire the originals would probably break the bank. I was therefore doubly delighted this week when Marvel published the third volume of its Golden Age Captain America Marvel [...]
Golden Age of Comic Books – November 14, 2005 – #24
In this episode, we cover the Boy Commandos who made their first appearance in Detective Comics #65 (July 1942) and later got their own title that debuted with issue #1 in the winter of 1942-43. The Boy Commandos were created by the great Golden Age team of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon (of Captain America [...]
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