Joe Simon

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Joe Simon was an American comic book writer, artist, and editor best known for co-creating the iconic superhero Captain America.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic book artist
comic book editor
comic book writer
person
burialPlace Cedar Park Cemetery, Paramus, New Jersey, United States
causeOfDeath natural causes
coCreatedSeries Young Romance
coCreatorOf Captain America
collaboratedWith Jack Kirby
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
createdCharacter Captain America
Stuntman
The Boy Commandos
The Fighting American
The Fly
The Newsboy Legion
The Shield (revival)
dateOfBirth 1913-10-11
dateOfDeath 2011-12-14
employer Timely Comics
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
familyName Simon
fieldOfWork comics
illustration
publishing
fullName Joseph Henry Simon
genre crime comics
romance comics
superhero comics
givenName Joseph
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableAward Jack Kirby Hall of Fame
Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame
notableWork Captain America
The Boy Commandos
The Fighting American
The Fly
The Newsboy Legion
Young Romance
numberOfChildren 4
occupation artist
editor
publisher
writer
partnerInStudioWith Jack Kirby
pioneerOf romance comics genre
placeOfBirth Rochester, New York, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld editor-in-chief of Timely Comics
religion Judaism
servedIn United States Coast Guard
spouse Harriet Feldman Simon
workedFor DC Comics
Harvey Comics
Timely Comics


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