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Joe Simon

1913–2011 · Comics debut 1930

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🏆 The Sinnott Hall of Fame Award (2013)🏆 Hall of Fame - Voter's Choices (1999)
Joe Simon
Known forYoung Romance
Issues credited470
Active1940–2022
Primary rolecover inks
Captain America Comics #1
Captain America Comics #1 (1941)

Joseph Henry Simon — born Hymie Simon on October 11, 1913, and raised to become one of the most versatile figures the American comic book industry has ever produced — wore nearly every hat the medium offered: writer, artist, editor, and publisher. He died on December 14, 2011.

Star Spangled Comics #7
Star Spangled Comics #7 (1942)

Simon entered comics during the Golden Age and quickly distinguished himself as an editor, becoming the first to hold that role at Timely Comics, the company that would eventually grow into Marvel. His most consequential partnership was with artist Jack Kirby, and together the two men shaped the medium in ways that are still felt today. Their most celebrated co-creation, Captain America, remains one of superhero comics' most enduring characters. The Simon-Kirby team also produced a remarkable range of work for DC Comics, including contributions to the Sandman feature and the co-creation of the Newsboy Legion and Boy Commandos, as well as Manhunter. For other publishers they developed Boys' Ranch, Fighting American, and the Fly.

Mister Miracle #4
Mister Miracle #4 (1971)

Among their most historically significant achievements was pioneering the romance comics genre in the late 1940s — titles such as Young Romance reflect this period — while also helping establish early horror comics. Simon later built a career in advertising and commercial art, and founded the satirical magazine Sick in 1960, stewarding it for more than a decade. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1999.

Known for

Captain America Comics #1
Captain America Comics #1
Star Spangled Comics #7
Star Spangled Comics #7
Mister Miracle #4
Mister Miracle #4
Boy Commandos #1
Boy Commandos #1
Showcase #6
Showcase #6
Marvel Mystery Comics #13
Marvel Mystery Comics #13

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Full bibliography · 211 series

Young Romance (1947) · 93
#1 [1]#2 [2]#3 [3]#4 [4]#4#5 (5)#6 (6)#1 (7)#7#2 (8)#4 (10)#5 (11)#6 (12)#1 (13)#2 (14)#3 (15)#6 (18)#7 (19)#8 (20)#9 (21)#11 (23)#12 (24)#2 (26)#3 (27)#5 (29)#6 (30)#7 (31)#8 (32)#9 (33)#10 (34)#11 (35)#1 (37)#2 (38)#4 (40)#5 (41)#6 (42)#8 (44)#9 (45)#10 (46)#5 (53)#8 (56)#10 (58)#1 (61)#3 (63)#4 (64)#3 (75)#5 (77)#7 (79)#2 (80)#5 (83)#6 (84)#1 (85)#2 (86)#3 (87)#4 (88)#5 (89)#6 (90)#1 (91)#3 [93]#4 [94]#6 [96]#2 [98]#3 [99]#4 [100]#5 [101]#6 [102]#2 [104]#3 [105]#4 [106]#5 [107]#6 [108]#1 [109]#3 [111]#4 [112]#5 [113]#6 [114]#1 [115]#2 [116]#3 [117]#4 [118]#5 [119]#6 [120]#1 [121]#2 [122]#3 [123]#4 [124]#208#[nn]#6#14#20#25#38
Dick Tracy (1950) · 60
#26#27#30#34#37#39#42#45#46#48#49#50#52#53#55#56#57#58#1#4#59#60#62#64#65#68#70#71#72#73#74#89#90#91#92#118#119#121#125#126#127#130#131#134#135#137#138#139#141#144#3#5#7#9#10#11#15#17#18#46
Black Magic (1950) · 50
#1 [1]#1#2 [2]#3 [3]#4 [4]#5 [5]#6 [6]#1 [7]#2 [8]#3 [9]#4 [10]#5 [11]#6 [12]#7 (13)#8 (14)#9 (15)#10 (16)#11 (17)#12 (18)#1 (19)#2 (20)#3 (21)#4 (22)#5 (23)#6 (24)#1 (25)#2 (26)#3 (27)#4 (28)#5 (29)#6 (30)#1 (31)#2 (32)#3 (33)#3 [42]#4 [43]#5 [44]#6 [45]#1 [46]#2 [47]#3 [48]#4 [49]#5 [50]#1#2#3#4#5#6#7
Young Love (1949) · 47
#1 [1]#2 [2]#6 [6]#6 [12]#7 [13]#9 (15)#10 (16)#11 (17)#12 [18]#1 (19)#2 (20)#3 (21)#4 (22)#7 (25)#9 (39)#10 (40)#11 (41)#1 (43)#4 (46)#8 (50)#3 (69)#5 (71)#6 (72)#1 (73)#5 [18]#2 [21]#3 [22]#5 [24]#6 [25]#1 [26]#2 [27]#3 [28]#5 [30]#6 [31]#1 [32]#2 [33]#3 [34]#4 [35]#5 [36]#6 [37]#1 [38]#115#14#16#41#45#46
Sick (1960) · 39
#1 [1]#3 [3]#7 [37]#6 (38)#7 (39)#1 (41)#2 (42)#4 (44)#5 (45)#7 (47)#8 (48)#4 (52)#8 (56)#1 (57)#3 (59)#2 (66)#5 (69)#8 (72)#3 (90)#4 (91)#5 (92)#1 (93)#2 (94)#3 / 95#4 (96)#1 (97)#2 (98)#3 (99)#4 (100)#5 / 101#1 / 102#2 / 103#104#14 (105)#5 (106)#6 (107)#7 (108)#112#75
Justice Traps the Guilty (1947) · 28
#1 [1]#2 (2)#3 (3)#3#4#4 (4)#5 (5)#5#6 (6)#6#1 (7)#2 (8)#3 (9)#4 (10)#5 (11)#9#6 (18)#1 (19)#3 (21)#4 (22)#5 (23)#6 (24)#10 (28)#12 (30)#19#7#10#11
Star Spangled Comics (1941) · 24
#7#8#10#11#12#13#14#15#16#17#18#19#20#21#22#23#24#25#26#27#28#31#38#43
Adventure Comics (1938) · 22
#73#74#75#76#77#78#79#80#81#82#83#84#85#86#87#88#90#91#92#93#96#498
Headline Comics (1949) · 22
#32#11 (23)#12 (24)#1 (25)#2 (26)#3 (27)#4 (28)#5 (29)#29#6 (30)#30#1 (31)#31#2 (32)#4 (34)#34#5 (35)#35#3 (33)#4 (40)#2 (44)#3 (45)
Boy Commandos (1942) · 16
#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#12#13#14#29#30#1#2
Black Magic Comics (1952) · 16
#1#2#7#8#9#10#4#5#6#3#11#12#13#14#15#16
Young Brides (1952) · 16
#3 [3]#6 [6]#1 [7]#2 [8]#4 [10]#5 [11]#6 [12]#1 (19)#2 (20)#3 (21)#5 (23)#7 (25)#2 (26)#4 (28)#5 (29)#6 (30)
Gwandanaland Comics (2016) · 15
#397#511#512#619#513#1627#1530#397-A#2721#3013#3092#989#997#1061#1080
Blue Bolt (1940) · 11
#1 [1]#2 [2]#3 [3]#4 [4]#6 [6]#7 [7]#8 [8]#9 [9]#105#106#3
Boys' Ranch (1950) · 11
#1#2#2#3#4#5#6#2#3#[nn]#1
Fighting American (1954) · 11
#1 [1]#2 [2]#3 [3]#4 [4]#5 (5)#6 (6)#1 (7)#3#1#[nn]#[nn]
Hi-School Romance (1949) · 10
#56#57#58#62#63#70#71#73#74#75
Black Cat Comics (1946) · 8
#1#2#8#13#59#60#61#62
Captain America Comics (1941) · 7
#1#2#3#4#8#9#10
Speed Comics (1941) · 7
#17#18#19#20#21#22#23
True Bride-to-Be Romances (1956) · 7
#17#18#20#21#22#27#29
Champ Comics (1940) · 6
#17#18#19#21#22#23
First Romance Magazine (1949) · 6
#41#47#48#50#51#52
First Love Illustrated (1949) · 6
#69#70#77#80#87#88
Race for the Moon (1958) · 6
#1#2#1#2#1#2
Charlie Chan (1948) · 5
#2#4#1#6#2
The Strange World of Your Dreams (1952) · 5
#1#2#3#4#[nn]
Warfront (1951) · 5
#28#29#31#36#38
Harvey Hits (1957) · 5
#1#6#12#26#48
The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (1959) · 5
#1#2#3#4#5
Teen Romances (1964) · 5
#10#11#15#16#17
Daring Mystery Comics (1940) · 4
#2#6#7#8
Detective Comics (1937) · 4
#65#69#76#442
Real Clue Crime Stories (1947) · 4
#4 [16]#5 [17]#6 [18]#7 [19]
My Date Comics (1947) · 4
#1#2#3#4
Western Tales (1955) · 4
#1#2#32#4
Alarming Tales (1957) · 4
#1#2#3#4
Going Steady (1960) · 4
#3#5#6#1
Love and Marriage (1958) · 4
#10#12#15#17
The Forever People (1971) · 4
#4#5#6#9
Mister Miracle (1971) · 4
#4#5#7#8
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954) · 4
#141#142#143#144
Prez (1973) · 4
#1#2#3#4
Creepy Worlds (1962) · 4
#237#240#92#93
Captain America: The Classic Years (1990) · 4
#1#2#1#2
The Complete Jack Kirby (1997) · 4
#1#[3]#[4]#[5]
The Simon and Kirby Library (2010) · 4
#[nn]#[nn]#[nn]#[nn]
Fantastic Comics (1939) · 3
#6#7#8
Mystery Men Comics (1939) · 3
#10#11#12
Science Comics (1940) · 3
#4#5#6
Wonderworld Comics (1939) · 3
#13#14#15
Champion Comics (1939) · 3
#8#9#10
U. S. A. Comics [USA Comics; U.S.A. Comics] (1941) · 3
#1#2#3
Green Hornet Comics (1942) · 3
#7 (7)#8#9
Stuntman (1946) · 3
#1#2#3
Prize Comics Western (1948) · 3
#2 (75)#4 (83)#1
True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated (1949) · 3
#41#42#44
All for Love (1957) · 3
#2 [15]#3 [16]#4 [17]
Hi-School Romance Datebook (1962) · 3
#1#2#3
Daring Adventures (1963) · 3
#12#15#16
Intimate Confessions (1958) · 3
#18#10#12
Unearthly Spectaculars (1965) · 3
#1#2#3
Champion Sports (1973) · 3
#1#2#3
Blue Ribbon Comics (1983) · 3
#1#5#10
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (2005) · 3
#1#2#3
Hit Comics (2019) · 3
#1#3#4
Silver Streak Comics (1939) · 2
#2#3
Blue Beetle (1940) · 2
#2#3
Weird Comics (1940) · 2
#3#4
Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) · 2
#12#13
Pocket Comics (1941) · 2
#1#3
World's Finest Comics (1941) · 2
#6#10
Boy Commandos Comics [ashcan] (1942) · 2
#1#[nn]
Real West Romances (1949) · 2
#4#5
Boys' Ranch (1951) · 2
#[nn]#[nn]
Joe Palooka Comics (1945) · 2
#69#76
In Love (1954) · 2
#3#5
Thrills of Tomorrow (1954) · 2
#19#20
Win a Prize Comics (1955) · 2
#1#2
Witches Western Tales (1955) · 2
#29#30
The Double Life of Private Strong (1959) · 2
#1#2
Spirit (1963) · 2
#11#12
Young Hearts in Love (1963) · 2
#17#18
Thrill-O-Rama (1965) · 2
#1#2
Double-Dare Adventures (1966) · 2
#1#2
Spyman (1966) · 2
#2#3
Brother Power the Geek (1968) · 2
#1#2
Maniaks (1970) · 2
#2#3
Sick Annual (1969) · 2
#13#15
1st Issue Special (1975) · 2
#2#10
America's Greatest Comics (2002) · 2
#8#12
Strange (2007) · 2
#6 bis#0 bis
The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2010) · 2
#1#2
Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier (2010) · 2
#1#[nn]
The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2010) · 2
#1#2
Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics (2012) · 2
#[nn]#2
Fantástico (1954) · 2
#45#62
Keen Detective Funnies (1938) · 1
#1
Red Raven Comics (1940) · 1
#1
The Human Torch (1940) · 1
#2
Shadow Comics (1940) · 1
#7 [7]
Target Comics (1940) · 1
#10 [10]
Zippy (1941) · 1
#1
All-Winners Comics (1941) · 1
#2
Big 3 (1940) · 1
#6
Mystic Comics (1940) · 1
#7
The Green Mask (1940) · 1
#9
War Victory Comics (1942) · 1
#1
Commandos [ashcan] (1942) · 1
#1
Supergirl [ashcan] (1944) · 1
#[nn]
Movie Cartoons [ashcan] (1944) · 1
#[nn]
Adventure Is My Career (1945) · 1
#[nn]
Boy Explorers Comics (1946) · 1
#1
All-New Comics (1943) · 1
#13
Treasure Comics (1945) · 1
#10
Prize Comics (1940) · 1
#3 (63)
Airboy Comics (1945) · 1
#4 [39]
Clue Comics (1943) · 1
#3 [15]
48 Famous Americans (1947) · 1
#[nn]
Western Fighters (1948) · 1
#1
Manhunt (1951) · 1
#2
True Amazing Accounts of Black Magic (1952) · 1
#1
Harvey Comics Hits (1951) · 1
#56
The Masked G-Man (1952) · 1
#2
Witches Tales (1951) · 1
#15
Captain 3D (1954) · 1
#1
Captain 3-D (1953) · 1
#1
Bullseye (1955) · 1
#6
I Love You (1955) · 1
#7
Police Trap (1955) · 1
#6
Showcase (1956) · 1
#6
Robin Hood (1958) · 1
#2
Joe Palooka (1955) · 1
#101
House of Mystery (1951) · 1
#69
Dick Tracy the Case of the Purloined Sirloin (1958) · 1
#[nn]
Great Western (1958) · 1
#2
Personal Love (1957) · 1
#3
Campus Howl (1959) · 1
#2
Secret Origins (1961) · 1
#1
Buccaneers (1963) · 1
#12
Strange Planets (1958) · 1
#12
Blast-Off (1965) · 1
#1
Big Annual Sick Birthday (1966) · 1
#1
Fantasy Masterpieces (1966) · 1
#5
Jigsaw (1966) · 1
#2
Big Sick Yearbook (1967) · 1
#2
Hawkman (1964) · 1
#26
Cuentos de Misterio (1960) · 1
#158
The New Gods (1971) · 1
#4
Flashback (1973) · 1
#3
Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (1972) · 1
#9
How Sick Can You Get? (1974) · 1
#[nn]
The Sandman (1974) · 1
#1
The Rocket's Blast-Comicollector (1964) · 1
#110
Sick Yearbook (1975) · 1
#[nn]
Serietidningen (1975) · 1
#7/1976
Archie's Super Hero Special (1978) · 1
#1
Archie Comics Digest (1973) · 1
#33
Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (1974) · 1
#20
Golden Age of Comics (1982) · 1
#3
Star-Team (1982) · 1
#1
The Jack Kirby Treasury (1982) · 1
#1
Sandman (1984) · 1
#[nn]
Buried Treasure (1986) · 1
#2
Simon and Kirby Classics (1987) · 1
#[nn]
Real Love: The Best of Simon and Kirby Romance Comics (1988) · 1
#[nn]
The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (1990) · 1
#[nn]
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (1990) · 1
#[nn]
Totally Rad Tales (1992) · 1
#1
Capitão América: As Primeiras Histórias (1992) · 1
#1
Captain America Collectors' Preview (1995) · 1
#1
Marvel Milestone Edition: Captain America Comics #1 (1995) · 1
#[nn]
Official Golden-Age Hero & Heroine Directory (1997) · 1
#1
Blue Bolt TPB (1998) · 1
#[nn]
Golden Age of Marvel (1997) · 1
#2
Men of Mystery Comics (1999) · 1
#17
Millennium Edition: Young Romance Comics #1 (2000) · 1
#[nn]
Great American Comic Books (2001) · 1
#[nn]
The Brave and the Bold Annual No. 1, 1969 Issue (2001) · 1
#1
The Adventures of the Fly (2004) · 1
#1
The Jack Kirby Reader (2003) · 1
#2
Marvel Milestones: Wolverine, X-Men & Tuk: Caveboy (2005) · 1
#[nn]
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (2005) · 1
#1
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (2005) · 1
#1
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (2007) · 1
#1
The Twelve (2008) · 1
#1/2
Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America (2009) · 1
#[nn]
Mystic Comics 70th Anniversary Special (2009) · 1
#1
The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2009) · 1
#[nn]
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (2008) · 1
#2
Captain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special (2011) · 1
#[nn]
DC Universe Secret Origins (2012) · 1
#[nn]
Sheriff Classics (2011) · 1
#9255
DC Universe: Secret Origins (2013) · 1
#[nn]
Monster Massacre (2013) · 1
#[nn]
Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (2014) · 1
#1
Prez: The First Teen President (2016) · 1
#[nn]
The Jack Kirby Collector (1994) · 1
#70
The Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos Special (2017) · 1
#1
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (2017) · 1
#[nn]
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (2019) · 1
#[nn]
DC's 1st Issue Specials (2020) · 1
#[nn]
Captain America Anniversary Tribute (2021) · 1
#1
Classic Pulp: Robots (2022) · 1
#[nn]
PS Artbooks Softee: Alarming Tales (2022) · 1
#[nn]
First Love (1959) · 1
#14
Our Friend "Ken" (1960) · 1
#[nn]
Retro Comic Reprints (2022) · 1
#2
Sinister Tales (1964) · 1
#77
Super Adventure Comic (1960) · 1
#69
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (1965) · 1
#122

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