Books: Newswire: R.I.P. Joe Simon, comics legend and co-creator of Captain A...
Bah. 
via A.V. Club on 12/15/11
In more sad news for the comics world, the Associated Press is reporting the death of Joe Simon, one of the industry’s most acclaimed writers and the co-creator (with artist Jack Kirby) of Captain America, one of comicdom’s most stalwart superheroes. Simon died after suffering from a brief, undisclosed illness. He was 98. Simon started out doing editorial cartoons and publicity work for Paramount Pictures before being hired by Funnies, Inc., the early comics packager that published the first issue of what would later become Marvel. In those early days, Simon created Golden Age characters like the Fiery ...
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