Author Archive
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Happy 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 Simon and Kirby were pretty much forgotten by the larger public. 2006 and 2007 also did [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Odds & Ends, Topic by Harry
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Joe 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) was signed Simon and Kirby they had nothing to do with it. All inventory that Joe and Jack provided DC before [...]
No Comments » - Posted in 2010/03, 4 DC (early), Artists, Periods, Simon, Joe, z Archive by Harry
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Marvel 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 am, rather critical of that approach. My criticism is not just theoretical, some of the reconstructions made in the past have been very [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Restoration, Topic by Harry
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Vagabond 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 have had no idea what brought the Vagabond Prince and his two companions together to fight crime. Actually even if the reader had [...]
No Comments » - Posted in 2010/03, 5 Studio, Artists, Harvey, Periods, Simon, Joe by Harry
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Vagabond Prince, “The Madness of Doctor Altu”
Black Cat #8 (November 1947) “The Madness of Doctor Altu” page 3, art by Joe Simon
As I mentioned in a previous Vagabond Prince post (”Trapped on Wax“) the origin story was meant for Boy Explorers #2 issue but not published. Joe Simon drew two other Vagabond Prince stories. It may seem odd that Joe would [...]
