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Joe Simon

  • Born 1913-10-11 · Died 2011-12-14

Joe Simon was an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the first editor of Marvel (then better known as Timely). With his partner, artist [Jack Kirby](app://creator/2), he co-created Captain America, one of comics' most enduring superheroes, and the team worked extensively on such features at DC as the 1940s Sandman, and co-created the The Newsboy Legion, The Boy Commandos, and Manhunter. Simon and Kirby creations for other comics publishers include Boys' Ranch, Fighting American and The Fly. In the late 1940s, the duo created the field of romance comics, and were among the earliest pioneers of horror comics. Simon, who went on to work in advertising and commercial art, also founded the satirical magazine [Sick](app://series/23471), remaining with it for over a decade. He briefly returned to DC in the 1970s.

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