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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 Wednesday ...
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.
Dec 15, 2021 · Joe also scored a best R&B vocal performance, male Grammy for his 1969 hit The Chokin’ Kind. The musician later collaborated with Philly Sound hitmakers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff on the 1971 song Drowning In the Sea of Love, which was created as the theme for the 1973 film Cleopatra Jones.
Dec 15, 2011 · PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe Simon, who along with Jack Kirby co-created Captain America and was one of the comic book industry’s most revered writers, artists and editors, has died at age 98. Simon’s family relayed word of his death Thursday, posting a short statement on Facebook and telling The Associated Press through a spokesman that Simon ...
Joe Simon was one of the most important artists of the Golden Age of American Comic Books. He was born Joseph Henry Simon into a Jewish family of partially British descent in Rochester, New York. Young Hymie Simon (as he was called by then) had his first jobs as art director of the Benjamin Franklin High School college newspaper and as an ...
Joe Simon (born 7 September 1936, Simmesport, Louisiana, USA – died 13 December 2021) was a American soul and R&B singer, record producer, songwriter. Simon's professional career began when he moved to Oakland, California, and released, "My Adorable One" in 1962, which was a minor hit. In 1964, Joe met John Richbourg, a Nashville-based disc ...
