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After leaving Fox and landing at pulp magazine publisher Martin Goodman's Timely Comics (the future Marvel Comics), where Simon became the company's first editor, the Simon and Kirby team created the seminal patriotic hero Captain America.
Joseph H. Simon (born October 10, 1913) was a comic book writer, artist and editor who created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s-1940s Golden Age of Comic Books, and who served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. His infrequently used pen names were Gregory Sykes and Jon Henery.
Jul 19, 2011 · The Joe Simon Interview. Gary Groth | July 19, 2011. From The Comics Journal #134 (February 1990). Joe Simon entered the comic industry in 1940 and began his legendary partnership with Jack Kirby in 1941. The pair started with a bang — the creation of Captain America.
Jul 20, 2011 · Joe Simon, the co-creator of Captain America and a comic book legend, talks about his life, his legacy, and his views on the industry in this 2011 interview. He shares his thoughts on the movie, the character, the fans, and his autobiography.
Apr 16, 2008 · An article on April 16 about Joe Simon, who helped create Captain America and appeared at the New York Comic Con last weekend, misattributed a character to him and his partner, Jack Kirby.
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Dec 16, 2011 · Joe Simon, a writer, editor and illustrator of comic books who was a co-creator of the superhero Captain America, conceived out of a patriotic impulse as war was roiling Europe, died on...
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Joe Simon was a comic book writer and artist. He is better known as the first editor of Timely Comics (later renamed to Marvel Comics) and the co-creator of Captain America. In 1913, Simon was born to a Jewish-American family in Rochester, New York.
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