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3 days ago · A new Blue Bolt #1, which includes the first two 1940 Novelty Press stories of the Golden Age hero created by Joe Simon — the latter of which is broadly recognized as the first pairing of Simon and one Mr. Jack Kirby.
May 1, 2024 · Kirby and Simon collaborated on a number of titles over the following years, exploring the crime, horror, and humour genres, and they created the first romance comic in 1947. Kirby and Simon’s professional relationship was strained by the challenges of working in an increasingly competitive and uncertain market, and by 1956 the team had ...
May 3, 2024 · Captain America, comic-strip superhero created by writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby for Timely (later Marvel) Comics. The character debuted in March 1941 in Captain America Comics no. 1. The star-spangled super soldier would become one of Marvel’s most iconic and enduring characters.
- When was the first Captain America comic book published?Captain America, a comic-strip superhero created by writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby for Timely (later Marvel) Comics, debuted in March 1941...
- Who is Captain America's sidekick?Steve Rogers, dubbed Captain America, acquires a kid sidekick—plucky regimental mascot Bucky Barnes—and embarks on a career of enthusiastic Nazi-ba...
- How did Captain America get his powers?Steve Rogers was a would-be U.S. Army enlistee rejected by recruiters because of his small size. He volunteers to receive a top-secret serum and tr...
- When did Captain America first appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film franchise?Director Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) marked the character’s first appearance on the big screen in almost 70 years. Chr...
2 days ago · Captain America is a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1, published on December 20, 1940, by Timely Comics, a corporate predecessor to Marvel.
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Apr 28, 2024 · It was December 1940: the attack on Pearl Harbor was a year away, and the American public remained largely content to sit on the sidelines of World War II. But there were those eager for the US to enter the fray even then, including young Jewish comic book creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Together, the pair created Captain America: a shield ...
May 6, 2024 · AS Joe Simon told it in his 2011 bio Joe Simon: My Life in Comics , as part of a proposed return to the superhero genre for publisher Archie, which would be launched by Simon and Jack...
May 7, 2024 · Studying Kirby. By Sean Kleefeld | Tuesday, May 07, 2024 Leave a Comment. I got my contributor copy of Jack Kirby Collector #90 yesterday -- which means it should be available in comic shops soon -- and there's a letter in it suggesting more coverage of Jack's romance comics. He and Joe Simon literally invented the genre in comics after all ...
