Simon Comics

Please stop republishing issues of Private Strong, The Fly, and any other titles, issues, and/or characters that are still under copyright. Thank you

To say that Joe Simon never had a hit without Jack Kirby is plain wrong. The problem is nobody studies Joe Simon and his career and assumes that he didn’t have anything else. Can’t know about someone’s achievements if nobody studies them. Sick magazine was a huge hit back then, being Mad Magazines biggest competitor, created by Joe and drawing the talented of Joe himself, Bob Powell, Jack Davis, Angelo Torres among others. Joe unlike Jack,’left comic books and created a hit outside of the stuff they were familiar with. someone else mentioned that Jack was the junior partner in the golden age. During Simon and Kirby, Joe was the bigger name in comics. He hired Jack to work for him on Blue Bolt. Joe was the more dominant figure during this time. And they worked so well together, splitting everything 50/50 and lasting almost two decades together. Soemthing Jack would never experience again with another collaborator. they both needed each other, apart, Jack never sold better than when he was with Joe. And without Jack, doing comics just wasn’t the same for Joe. Joe lost a lot of the passion following mainlines split. They were never as sucessful apart compared to together. But to say Jack didn’t need Joe, well that’s just not true. Even Jack’s son said Jack owed a lot to Joe.

These haven’t been reprinted anywhere or digitized because they’re under copyright still by the Simon and Kirby estates.

I was off the boards for a while, Wish someone wouldve messaged me. I appreciate you tagging me, hopefully the book hasnt sold.

Ill take it if its still available

agreed. The Cover just screams classic Simon and Kirby. I think it was Syd Shores inking, the Cap face looks altered not as how Joe and Jack drew. The clowns, well Simon and Kirby had a thing for those. When I was growing up in Joe's aparment, I took a look at all the covers. THIS cover jumped out at me. Not because of Cap or bucky but I was fascinated with the wheel of death, the Ringmaster pointing at it and everything about it. Since becoming older, Ive grown to like some of the other Cap covers better, but I still love the Ringmaster/wheel of death area. Truly amazing

Gorgeous books and love the Simon and Kirby cover. Truly amazing

Joe Simon cover

I gotta say, it’s great seeing so many people remember and love the artwork that My grandfather and Jack did. It’s truly amazing seeing the passion and appreciation still around so many years later

Joe thought each work was unique to itself. While they reused their ideas over, it always became something new. Joe loved Bullseye as well as Boys ranch. I own this original art that use to hang on Joe’s wall.

Speaking of Simon and Kirby’s cap 1-10: but Joe and Jack did FANTASTIC work in the 50’s and really showed their maturing as artists but also the continuation of their studio.

Never posted this here but I was fortunate to buy back my grandfather’s recreation of cap 7. One of my favorite covers and a classic one as well!

Appreciate the kind words. What did you and Joe discuss? He was in San Diego once I believe, in 1998 to accept the Inkpot award. When he passed (i had no control over anything) And his awards was thrown out by his daughter. A good friend saved them and generously reunited me with them. Glad to still have them, Im intrested to hear of any stories he might have shared or if it was just simple small talk.

yes, my mistake. I have since updated it. Thanks!

Science comics 5- Joe Simon cover. not my favorite fox cover by Joe but still nice nonetheless.

Another great one is Wonderworld 11, cover by Lou fine and inside features the origin of the flame!

Here is wonderworld 13, despite having 3 copies it’s not an easy one to come by like all fox comics. I am actually looking to part with either the center copy or the graded one, someone message me if they’re interested.

To continue this brief conversation, I convinced my father to buy this recreation that Joe did in the late 80’s to early 90’s when it came up for sale. One of my favorite Simon and Kirby covers

Love seeing all these fox comics with my grandfather's cover. For decades they were attricted to others like Lou Fine, But Joe was ghosting them at the request of Victor Fox. Weird that CGC doesnt give Joe cover credit As Fantastic comics 8 is Joe's cover.

Adventure comics 73 is tied with Star spangled comics 7 with being that first Simon and Kirby cover for DC comics. Both cover dated April 1942

Jason, I apprecite the kind words about Joe. he is very underappreciated as to his talent of being an artist. He is often credited for his business skills and writing but rarely his ablity to draw. I saw first hand his talent and boy was it there. As to your question regarding captain america. I have been wanting a set of captain america comics #1-10 for the longest time. Since right after Joe passed. Up until last month I was missing issues 1,3,6. I am glad to report that I have made progress on the run. My copies are definitely lower grade copies as thats all I can afford. But I am trying. My next challenge is issue 1. Thats the big one. I rarely post on CGC boards and really just stay in contact with a few buddies on here. You can reach me on facebook and instrgam much easier and to keep up with books I get. Facebook is where I post Personal Collection books and Instrgam I post personal collection and books that are passing through. These are their handles: Jesse Simon (fb) Simon_comics (insta)

been waiting to see some simon and kirby!

Always loved this Joe Simon classic

I need issue 1 and 3 as I have the rest. I have a very nice presenting issue 2 thats missing centerfold. The rest I need to upgrade eventually But IM happy with them. Just 1 and 3 are needed to complete the set. I think with everyone's input, Im not a the right moment to purchase a copy. I think I need a wait another year or 2 and wait for a lpw grade restored thats complete

that is the only SOLO joe simon cover of issue 1-10. But Joe contributed and helped with all the other covers, some more and some less. I think issue 5 has the least amount of Joe in a cap 1,5-10. 3,4 are both schomburg and the rest are simon and kirby. Sometimes Syd shores and others helped out