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The Wide Angle Scream, Captain America #9
Captain America #9 (December 1941) “The Black Talon” Enlarged view In Captain America #9 Simon and Kirby returned to a three compartment design for the double page splash. It opens up on the left with...
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9/11
I was prepared to post on another Captain America double page splash. Although my work day was busy enough to keep my mind off the date, now that I am home the old feelings return. As I look out my...
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The Wide Angle Scream, Captain America #10
Captain America #10 (January 1942) “The Phantom Hound of Cardiff Moor” Enlarged view In Captain America #9 Simon and Kirby continues with an interesting variation in the use of the three compartment...
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A Criminal Swipe
Headline #56 (November 1952) by Marvin Stein (signed) In 1952 Marvin Stein provided a cover for Headline. I have not said much about Stein yet in this blog. For now let me say that a 1949 photograph...
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Kirby Puppets?
Punch and Judy vol. 1 no. 4 (Fall 1945) After leaving Captain America and Timely, Simon and Kirby worked for DC. There they worked mainly on Sandman (Adventure Comics), the Newsboy Legion (Star...
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The Wide Angle Scream, Boy Commandos #2
Boy Commandos #2 (Spring 1943) “The Knights Wore Khaki” Enlarged view When it comes to double page splashes, there are great differences between Simon and Kirby’s DC years compared to their Timely...
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Summoning Demons
Black Magic #8 (December 1951) by Jack Kirby Simon and Kirby produced the earlier run of Black Magic (#1 to #33). During that period Jack would not necessarily draw stories for every issue but he did...
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Not Simon, Daring Mystery Comics #4
Daring Mystery Comics #4 (May 1940) Some sources, including the GCD, attribute the feature Trojak from Daring Mystery #4 to Joe Simon. Joe had started producing covers for Fox with cover dates of May....
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The Art of Joe Simon, Appendix 2, Daring Adventures #12
Daring Adventures #12, (1963) by Joe Simon If we exclude work done for the humor magazine Sick, Joe Simon’s comic book work is rather modest compared to that of Jack Kirby. Although very incomplete,...
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The Wide Angle Scream, Stuntman #1
Stuntman #1 (April 1946) “House of Madness” Enlarged view When Joe Simon rejoined Jack Kirby after the war rather then just return to working for DC the two decided to produce their own comic books....
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