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View ArticleHappy Fourth Anniversary!
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View ArticleMy Two Cents: Vince Colletta Apologists
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View ArticleJoe Simon and the Newsboy Legion Archives
During a recent visit to Joe Simon I picked up a copy of DC’s “The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby” volume 1. This post will not be an unbiased review as I was one of the contributors...
View ArticleReplacing Simon and Kirby, Chapter 1, The Newsboy Legion
While Simon and Kirby were working for DC they knew that at some time they both would be entering military service. To prepare for this the two went into hyper drive and started generating an inventory...
View ArticleVagabond Prince, “Death-Trap De Luxe”
Black Cat #7 (September 1947) “Death-Trap De Luxe” page 2, art by Joe Simon The last created Vagabond Prince story, “Death-Trap De Luxe”, ended up being the first one published. Thus readers would...
View ArticleMarvel Masterwork’s Daring Mystery Volume 2
Some time ago I posted about the practice of reconstructing art that Marvel was using in their Masterworks reprint volumes (Recreation Vs. Restoration, How Should Reprints Be Done?). I was, and still...
View ArticleJoe Simon, Some Comics from the Coast Guard
Simon and Kirby was a brand name that helped sell comics. So it comes to no surprise that although the Boys Commandos story (“Brooklyn Botches the Bakas”) from World’s Finest Comics #20 (Winter 1945)...
View ArticleHappy Fourth Anniversary!
Who cares about Simon and Kirby? Well judging by the first two years of this blog’s existence only a small number of fans. But it was not just the low number of visits to my blog that suggested that...
View ArticleMy Two Cents: Vince Colletta Apologists
Young Romance #91(December 1957) “That Certain Something”, art by Vince Colletta I do not understand apologists for Vince Colletta. This is not a rant against Colletta and his inking. I recently...
View ArticleJoe Simon and the Newsboy Legion Archives
During a recent visit to Joe Simon I picked up a copy of DC’s “The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby” volume 1. This post will not be an unbiased review as I was one of the contributors...
View ArticleReplacing Simon and Kirby, Chapter 1, The Newsboy Legion
While Simon and Kirby were working for DC they knew that at some time they both would be entering military service. To prepare for this the two went into hyper drive and started generating an inventory...
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