Joe Simon

Steve Saffel

Before Marvel, before Captain America, before Simon and Kirby, and before comics there was Joe Simon. Born in 1913, the son of an immigrant tailor, he's been an artist all his life. A newspaper writer, photographer, and cartoonist, and the first editor at the company that became Marvel Comics, he was the man who hired Stan Lee for his first job. Entering the fledgling industry the year after Superman appeared, Simon instantly made a name for himself as a writer, artist, and editor. He and Jack Kirby created the iconic Captain America-their first blockbuster-before America entered World War II. More hits followed, including a bestselling military adventure series, the first romance comic created for an audience of young girls, and Simon's own satire magazine that was a favourite of Lenny Bruce. His exciting chronicle covers ten decades. It includes a stint in the Coast Guard during World War II, as well as his encounters with such colorful personalities as author Damon Runyon, prizefighters Max Baer and Jack Dempsey, comedian Don Rickles, Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller, and actors Caesar Romero and Sid Caesar. This is the comprehensive autobiography of an illustrator, an innovator, an entrepreneur, and a pioneer. Profusely illustrated with photography and artwork, much of it heretofore unseen, this is the chronicle of an American original.

Joe Simon - My Life in Comics

Peter Sanderson

Mark Gruenwald

Following the success of the original OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE came the DELUXE EDITION - expanded, augmented and fully updated! Now, the ultimate guide to the mid-1980s Marvel Universe is collected in a single gigantic hardcover for the very first time! The OHOTMU DELUXE EDITION featured fact-packed character profiles illustrated by some of the era's biggest names including John Byrne, Frank Miller, Arthur Adams, Walter Simonson, Bill Sienkiewicz and many more! Immerse yourself in hundreds of in-depth profiles of Marvel's greatest heroes and villains - from Abomination to Zzzax and everyone in between! Plus an array of alien races, equipment schematics, maps, and a rundown of the dearly departed in the Book of the Dead! If you only buy one Marvel encyclopedia, make it this one! Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition (1985) 1-20

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition

Jack Kirby

An edition authorized by Simon and the estate of Kirby introduces two of their most exciting characters--Fighting American (and his sidekick Speedboy), their cold-war take on a patriotic hero, and Captain 3-D, a dimension-hopping hero--in a book the explores the early work of Captain America's creators.

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