comicjack Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 On 8/5/2019 at 6:23 PM, Zolnerowich said: This aromatic cigar comes with a rare Joe Simon sighting. (courtesy of Ricksneatstuff) He was a great guy gino2paulus2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolnerowich Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 14 hours ago, comicjack said: He was a great guy So are you, Jack! As for Joe Simon's signature, does it look authentic to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Just now, Zolnerowich said: So are you, Jack! As for Joe Simon's signature, does it look authentic to you? Looking good to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ltpink2002 Posted August 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2019 badback83, Larryw7, The Black Hand ® and 19 others 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Spyder! Posted August 8, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2019 Arrived today! I love this Will Eisner black cover beauty! PopKulture, Joshua33, Readcomix and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Readcomix Posted August 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2019 Just added today SAKI, gino2paulus2, PopKulture and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 On 8/7/2019 at 8:39 AM, Zolnerowich said: So are you, Jack! As for Joe Simon's signature, does it look authentic to you? Looks good to me... Spyder! and gino2paulus2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gino2paulus2 Posted August 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2019 (edited) Not in hand yet but I am Super stoked to finally have a Blue Label Champ 22 that presents well (speaking of Joe Simon!!) I’m also over the moon with the Wonderworld 31 this makes only the 4th copy to be certified by CGC. Berks copy was a gorgeous 9.0 then the next highest is a 2.5. The presentation is stunning imo for a book of this grade which is right in my wheelhouse for my collection and has nice OW-White pages!! Couldn’t be more pleased!! the Library of Congress stamped Four Favorites 5 ain’t to shabby either for such a tough book. I’m not a hoarder so one of my copies will be for sale sooner than later. Edited August 9, 2019 by gino2paulus2 Readcomix, BuscemasAvengers, szav and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 12 minutes ago, gino2paulus2 said: Not in hand yet but I am Super stoked to finally have a Blue Label Champ 22 that presents well (speaking of Joe Simon!!) I’m also over the moon with the Wonderworld 31 this makes only the 4th copy to be certified by CGC. Berks copy was a gorgeous 9.0 then the next highest is a 2.5. The presentation is stunning imo for a book of this grade which is right in my wheelhouse for my collection and has nice OW-White pages!! Couldn’t be more pleased!! the Library of Congress stamped Four Favorites 5 ain’t to shabby either for such a tough book. I’m not a hoarder so one of my copies will be for sale sooner than later. Gino!! My kinda books my friend, WOW, nice to see them in their new slabs! That Wonderworld is incredible! Congrats on a group of Hen's Teeth there my friend! gino2paulus2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder! Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 14 minutes ago, gino2paulus2 said: Not in hand yet but I am Super stoked to finally have a Blue Label Champ 22 that presents well (speaking of Joe Simon!!) I’m also over the moon with the Wonderworld 31 this makes only the 4th copy to be certified by CGC. Berks copy was a gorgeous 9.0 then the next highest is a 2.5. The presentation is stunning imo for a book of this grade which is right in my wheelhouse for my collection and has nice OW-White pages!! Couldn’t be more pleased!! the Library of Congress stamped Four Favorites 5 ain’t to shabby either for such a tough book. I’m not a hoarder so one of my copies will be for sale sooner than later. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolnerowich Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 12 hours ago, Robot Man said: Looks good to me... Definitive and incontrovertible evidence I would say! D84 and gino2paulus2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post walclark Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 I usually don't have much luck in the HA Signature auctions, but I was able to score a few wins. Never a bad day when you can add a Church copy to your collection, much less two. MrBedrock, porcupine48, szav and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post walclark Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 And I thought this was a cool little item. Marty Mann, Readcomix, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, walclark said: And I thought this was a cool little item. Love flag covers path4play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Comics Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 On 8/6/2019 at 8:51 PM, comicjack said: He was a great guy He was amazing and gets nowwhere enough credit. comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cat-Man_America Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) On 8/10/2019 at 12:20 PM, Simon Comics said: He was amazing and gets nowwhere enough credit. True, in respect to his creative talent, but during his lifetime Joe Simon was fully able to hold onto the credit he wanted while never demonstrating an inclination to overhype his role (which is a rare virtue indeed). Joe Simon was the brains behind the S&K “shop” ...for want of a better term, the collaborating team responsible for so much GA output with top comic publishers... which had a solid business model through much of the 40’s into the mid-50’s. With Jack Kirby, Simon created the most influential patriotic character of all time, Captain America. Then, moving over to DC, built on the concept of the kid hero genre they’d started at Timely. After leaving DC, Joe edited and published lines of books under the Prize Comics Group with Jack doing much of the art. Together they created the romance comics genre that addressed an unserved market. In later years, Joe wrote/co-wrote (with his son) two exceptional reference books about the comics industry providing evidence and historical anecdotes that help put his role and that of other creators in perspective. I'm convinced Joe Simon was a very smart guy who achieved most everything he wanted without taking more credit than he deserved, and then made a good effort at setting the record straight with fascinating behind the scenes look at the business. It's a journey that has the ring of truth.As a cover artist, Joe was above average, but arguably not great. What he did extremely well was mimicry. If he was working for a publisher who had an artist of exemplary talent whose style was both easily recognizable and popular, he’d emulate that style closely enough that it would keep fans guessing. For instance, Lou Fine’s popular covers for Victor Fox ended when the artist moved to the more lucrative and secure work from “Busy” Arnold at Quality. Joe, while still turning in assignments for Fox Features, created a number of covers in a similar style to Lou’s. By the same token, when Jack Kirby was rushed, Joe could turn out covers in a style reminiscent of Jack’s that complimented his style of art.Joe Simon epitomizes my idea of “Jack of all trades...,” except in Joe’s case he was truly an able master of them all. Recommended reading: Edited August 12, 2019 by Cat-Man_America More beer required! comicjack, Larryw7, path4play and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Tri-Color Brian Posted August 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2019 Got a new shadow in the mail this week. I'm not especially crazy about the cover, but it does have a skull on it... porcupine48, Marty Mann, MrBedrock and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 11 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: Got a new shadow in the mail this week. I'm not especially crazy ... szav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
