About this episode

David Armstrong interviews Joe Simon about his influential career in comics during the Golden Age.

David Armstrong interviewed Golden Age great, Joe Simon in 1998 on set at San Diego Comic Con about his entry into Hearst comic strips in the 1930s, comic books in Funnies Inc and becoming Timely/Marvel Comics' first editor, meeting Jack Kirby at Victor Fox comics, Wonder Comics with Will Eisner's Wonder Man, Eisner and Iger's split, creating Captain America, leaving Timely for DC Comics, his relationship with Jack Liebowitz, Sandman & Boy Commandoes, his friend Charles Nicholas, Al Harve...

People in this episode

Host: David Armstrong

Guest: Joe Simon

Topics covered

• Golden Age comics
• comic book history
• interviews
• Timely Comics
• Captain America
• comic strip origins

Keywords

• Joe Simon
• David Armstrong
• comic books
• Captain America
• Golden Age
• Timely Comics
• Jack Kirby
• Will Eisner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Timely/Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Funnies Inc, Victor Fox comics, Sandman, Boy Commandoes

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