Simon Comics

14 minutes ago, Ameri said:

Pricey, but here's a Stuntman for sale

http://www.romitaman.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=17127&ArtistId=921

 

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! 

1 hour ago, PopKulture said:

Here is a piece from Sick magazine:

 

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

9 hours ago, Ameri said:

Here's a page from Stuntman 2 and the original bill of sales

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? 

1 hour ago, woowoo said:

This is as close as i got 

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

On 11/28/2020 at 2:33 PM, KirbyJack said:

Speaking of NEEDING to be included as a classic, how about Adventure 73? Might be my favorite GA superhero cover. 

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

1 hour ago, Cat-Man_America said:

 

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

50 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

Wow, 3 pages and no one has posted the true book that is a classic cover but not listed as such.

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

1 hour ago, KirbyJack said:

I thought it already was! Easily my fav S&K Cap cover.

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

1 hour ago, KirbyJack said:

I thought it already was! Easily my fav S&K Cap cover.

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 

On 11/24/2020 at 11:41 PM, Cat-Man_America said:

Actually, I think the point of the thread might’ve been adding a personal perspective on great covers that haven’t been recognized as classic by Overstreet or third party grading services.  At least we’re in total agreement on Mystic Vol. 2 #2 and MM #66.

Defending choices could provide a broader range of criteria for future determination of what’s classic.  For instance, three of the six covers in my post above were by Alex Schomburg.  He already has plenty of highly regarded classic covers, but none of those posted have been identified as such. Even though it’s doubtful my two cents will influence guardians of the classic kingdom, ...I’ll try anyway.

IMO, the Human Torch #5 stands out among the Torch/Subby battle books; it was among the covers Jim Steranko chose to use in his History of the Comics, probably because it’s so iconic.  

Hit #18 is one of the rare GA cover illustrations that Reed Crandall signed.  Who knows, perhaps he signed it because this was the first solo cover he did for Quality after apprenticing under Lou Fine.  Interestingly, Crandall usually avoided signing his own work even though Quality's publisher “Busy” Arnold kept pushing him to do so.  In any case he must’ve thought this bridge spanning art came out pretty good because he did sign it.  

Jack Binder’s cover on Prize #20 has the most detailed architectural work I’ve ever seen on a comic and all of the Prize characters featured on a uniquely patriotic themed cover without any suggestion of violence.  This book literally came out as the U.S. was entering WWII.  Binder's signature on this is also quite clever.

And Marvel Mystery #28 with it’s underworld gnomes and acid pot full of skeletal remains is both over the top and well rendered if you’ll excuse the pun.  Otherwise, I wouldn’t take issue with anything you said. Now, it’s time for me to grab an ale and dodge bullet points. 

Cheers,

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

On 11/23/2020 at 12:38 PM, Polonsky said:

I think both of these should be considered classics. I do not believe either are recognized as classics.

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

23 hours ago, KirbyJack said:

Big fan of this’n. 

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

Messaged 

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. 

20 minutes ago, fifties said:

What was the something else?

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

4 minutes ago, Cat-Man_America said:

Reading that page one might be persuaded that horror comics directly or indirectly influenced the injuries and death described.  But to understand the relevance of comics to actual events access to the data being discussed, including interviews with the gang members would be required.  

For instance, is this a carry over from Wertham’s findings or work product from Senate sub-committee investigations? The information sourcing is an area of curiosity.

Too often anecdotal data published in non-fiction books is embellished for shock value.  In fact, Wertham’s research has been criticized on those grounds.  Robert Hendrickson’s book is intriguing and worthy of more investigation.  I’m assuming footnotes or other reference information are included in the back.

Great find, BTW! 

 

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.

48 minutes ago, shadroch said:

I understand. It's not a big deal but I made it a personal project and was disappointed when I couldn't nail it down. I had been hoping to get the town to recognize the houses or at least add the two of them to the list of famous people who lied there. They make a big to do about Will Rodgers livlng there and ignore the creators of Captain America.  I moved west about five years ago and no longer have family there.

Is there no justice in this world?

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. 

4 hours ago, Keys_Collector said:

That's a common misconception I see about only older collectors buying up older books.  I sold most of my cheaper GA/PCH stuff last year and it was the younger kids buying it all up.  I also see collectors in their 20's starting to put serious money into GA books.  We need to pass our love for these older books onto the younger generation to keep the spark of the hobby alive.

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!