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Author: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Editor-Steve Saffel
ISBN: 9781845769314

by Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Steve Saffel (Editor)

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From the publisher

Joe Simon, with Jack Kirby, created one of the most enduring American heroes in 1940 with the first issue of Captain America Comics from Timely Comics—the company that became Marvel Comics. Simon proved to be a brilliant editor, writer, penciller, inker, and businessman, serving as an editor for Archie, Harvey, Fox, Crestwood, and Mainline Publications—Simon and Kirby’s own company.

Jack Kirby is one of the most famous illustrators in comic book history. Having begun in the Fox Comics Bullpen in 1939, he teamed with Joe Simon on such seminal series as Blue Bolt and Captain Marvel Adventures. In subsequent years they worked in every genre imaginable, often seeing their titles sell in excess of one million copies.

Details

Title The Best of Simon and Kirby
Author Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Steve Saffel (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Edition First Edition
Pages 240
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Titan Books (UK), London
Date 2009-05-12
Illustrated Yes
Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781845769314 / 1845769317
Weight 3.1 lbs (1.41 kg)
Dimensions 12.2 x 9.1 x 1 in (30.99 x 23.11 x 2.54 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Graphic novels, Comic books, strips, etc - United States
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012374258
Dewey Decimal Code 741.5

Media reviews

"Joe Simon and Jack Kirby are comics’ Lennon/McCartney dream duo. Teaming in the 1940s, Simon was the seasoned writer/editor/inker and Kirby the hot young artist who ultimately became one of the industry’s most influential and creative personalities. They invented Captain America, received the first cover bylines, and their jump-off-the-pages action told the story as strongly as the words, changing comics forever. This first in a six-volume series offers a broad look at their collaborations. They worked in many genres, and chapters spotlight heroes, science fiction, war and adventure, crime drama, Westerns, horror, sick humor, and romance (future volumes will cover some subjects individually), each with a background intro by Kirby biographer Mark Evanier. The book sports 25 gloriously restored comics selected by Simon plus five additional covers—the art is absolutely killer!—and is capped with a checklist of all the comics they produced together/apart. Dazzling from beginning to end, The Best of Simon and Kirby is a monumental piece of comics’ history and a hunk of Americana that is a dream come true for legions of fans. Buy it for your graphic novels, art, or pop-culture collections, but buy it. Essential." — Library Journal

Citations

Asimov's Science Fiction, 03/01/2010, Page 107
Booklist, 05/01/2009, Page 69
Entertainment Weekly, 05/29/2009, Page 67
Library Journal, 05/15/2009, Page 56

About the author

Joe Simon, with Jack Kirby, created one of the most enduring American heroes in 1940 with the first issue of Captain America Comics from Timely Comics--the company that became Marvel Comics. Simon proved to be a brilliant editor, writer, penciller, inker, and businessman, serving as an editor for Archie, Harvey, Fox, Crestwood, and Mainline Publications--Simon and Kirby's own company.

Jack Kirby is one of the most famous illustrators in comic book history. Having begun in the Fox Comics Bullpen in 1939, he teamed with Joe Simon on such seminal series as Blue Bolt and Captain Marvel Adventures. In subsequent years they worked in every genre imaginable, often seeing their titles sell in excess of one million copies.