Simon Comics

Oh I know that piece! That stuntman is beautiful!!! I’ve seen it for years. It’s out of my price range. Maybe one day I’ll be able to acquire it but today it isn’t the day. I’ll say this tho, I use to think the price is crazy but after analyzing the market alittle more, it seems quite reasonable!

Ah! Sick magazine! Mad magazine’s biggest rival for years! Joe loved Sick magazine; after Joe left it was never the same. Some great art is in those magazines like Jack Davis. Great cover too

Wow! VERY COOL! I just got stuntman comics #2 today and was flipping through it. Great piece. Joe and Jack didn’t make much money with the original art. the page isn’t for sale right?

Yes I did. It’s a great book. I myself don’t even have a copy of my grandfather’s yearbook. His first paid work. His grade had a vote if he should be paid for this work and he won by one vote.

Thank you for the toast. I am so happy to see how much everyone enjoys his work and still keeps his legacy alive! Cap 2, one of my favorite covers by him. So much so that I actually bought a copy for myself. Missing centerfold but a beautiful copy nonetheless. Here’s mine

Yes I’m Joe’s grandson. The only one in the family collecting comics or artwork. In all honesty, I do it to connect with Joe. Seeing his work that he left behind. I can’t afford the big stuff but I’m trying to find some pieces of art or comics that connect me with him. I love that making hay story. I really want his set of cap 1-10 but I have no clue where those are now. As well as the cap 9 recreation Joe made in that issue.

I have this piece, which this one of my prized Possessions, I see it everyday

Nice books. I always love his signature on the books.

Does anyone own some Orignal Joe Simon pieces of art? He had quite a large collection and now its all over the world. intresting to see who in the group owns and what pieces are here

I love that first Simon and Kirby DC cover. It is in fact a classic cover!

Great book! I have 1 copy misisng 3 or 4 centerfolds. It has amazing colors. It was never my favorite cover tho! Good but not the best

Definitely! That is a Sweet copy! I need one!

You’re right, it is already a classic cover, just checked!

Growing up seeing Joe’s art around I liked cap 5 and 9 cover. As I grew older I liked issue 1 and 2 as well. But now that I’m collecting the comics, I love this issue as well! All the covers of cap 1-10 are so well done. the splashes are great as well! Especially the splash of cap 7

I like a lot of covers in the golden age. They were just so fantastic. Simon and Kirby have so many covers that are recognizable. I think cap 7 is a fantastic cover. With captain America swinging, I think this should be considered a classic cover

I agree! Human torch #5 especially! It’s a classic story eith that cover that is so recognizable! Definitely should be classic

I own a mystic 6 and it’s a BEAUTY. Both these need to be recognized

Classic Simon and Kirby! Definitely should be a classic cover

Those Simon and Kirby issues of charlie chan are great. Some splashes are by a young carmine infantino. Great work

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Welcome! Reproduction covers are common for coverless books, especially in the golden age community. You can simply print out a scan of the front ocver nad use it for display or pay someone to make you one by request. Batman 37 is actually quite common in coverless shape it appears. I have owned 2 copies, 1 coverless and one with a cover. This week 3 copies have been listed on ebay, 2 sold. Roughly $55 each. I would advise you to aquire a reproduction cover is you desrire to keep or sell the book as there really is no harm to having one.

Since Joe not only drew, wrote and inked, but he did ALL of the busienss aspects. Including finding publishers, distributors, and printers. He predicted that few to no kids would read comics as movies ans tv shows were coming out. AND a price jump on comics, he didn’t think they would last. Joe and Jack’s boy commandos #1 and 2 sold over 2 million copies each. Now a days of a comic sell a few thousand it’s considered successful

This book as well as SOTI were damaging to Joe and his carreer, as well as everyone elses. If you notice, Joe and Jack have 2 comics shown in that on photo. Black magic and justic traps the guilty. While this had an affect on comics, the collecting and production aspect, Joe always blamed the large decline of comics on something else.

I know what youre talking about. Maybe one day they will, In the future maybe itll happen. Honestly my dream would to have them rename the street joe lived on in manhtattan after him, but most likely its not happening.

Funny you mention that, I have seen fellow collectors buy golden age books too! I still think a majority of people 15-30 that collect buy the silver age marvel keys. But there’s also some that do appreciate the old old stuff. To me it was never a question. Growing up at Joe’s apartment, I saw golden age style art everywhere. So I started collecting golden age!