The Simon and Kirby Library
#[nn] - Science Fiction
(March 2013)
Titan,
2010 Series
- Price
- 49.95 USD
- Pages
- 360
- On-sale Date
- 2013-03 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Titan Books
- Brand
-
Titan Books
- ISBN
-
978-1-84856-961-4
- Barcode
- 9781848569614 54995
- Editing
- Steve Saffel (editor)
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The Thing on Sputnik 4
insert or dust jacket / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #2 (September 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Dustjacket art from splash to story from Race For The Moon #2
Scoop!... Report from Space
cover / 2 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #1 (March 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Wraparound artwork on book cover taken from Race For The Moon #1
[The Tree Men of Uranus]
Solar Patrol / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Solar Patrol (Intro)
- Reprints
- from Silver Streak Comics (Lev Gleason, 1939 series) #2 (January 1940)
-
[no title indexed]
Solar Legion / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Terror Stalks the Trail of the Interplanetary...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Solar Legion (first appearance); Adam Starr (first appearance); Black Michael (first appearance)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Chapter One
[no title indexed]
Solar Legion / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sworn to rid the solar system of the ever present threat...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Chapter Two
[no title indexed]
Solar Legion / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Law and order have come at last...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Chapter Three
Daring Disc
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- Simon & Kirby story from early 1940's that wasn't published until 2003 in The Comic Book Makers (Vanguard).
[The Human Lightning Streak]
Blue Bolt / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish] (introduction, origin); Dr. Bertoff (introduction); The Green Sorceress (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
- from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#1 [1] (June 1940)
-
[The Green Sorceress and the Cyclotron]
Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (alternating pages); Joe Simon (alternating pages)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Green Sorceress (villain)
- Reprints
- from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#2 [2] (July 1940)
-
[The Green Sorceress Reforms]
Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby; Joe Simon (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Sorceress (villain)
- Reprints
- from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#3 [3] (August 1940)
-
[The Shrinking Serum]
Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed); Al Avison; Al Gabriele
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Green Sorceress (villain); Maj. Varikhan (villain, introduction, death); Gallus (villain, introduction, death)
- Reprints
- from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#4 [4] (September 1940)
-
[War in the Fourth Dimension]
Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed); Al Avison; Al Gabriele
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Green Sorceress (villain); the Unholy One (villain, introduction); Maj. Kadronin (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
- from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#5 [5] (October 1940)
-
Indexer Notes
1st comic story to be signed "Joe Simon and Jack Kirby"
[The Menace of Marto]
Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (signed); Joe Simon (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed); Al Avison; Al Gabriele
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Green Sorceress (villain); Marto [Martin Hall] (villain, introduction, death)
- Reprints
- from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#6 [6] (November 1940)
-
[The Green Army's Blitzkrieg]
Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (signed); Joe Simon (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed); Al Avison; Al Gabriele
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Green Sorceress (villain); Gen. Lhokar (villain, introduction); Col. Rhux (villain, introduction); Capt. Sarn (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
- from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#7 [7] (December 1940)
-
[The Rescue of Blue Bolt]
Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (signed); Joe Simon (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed); Al Avison; Al Gabriele
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Green Sorceress (villain); Gen. Ghron (villain, introduction); Col. Chag (villain, introduction); Farno (villain, introduction); Carl Pfeifer (villain, introduction); Prof. Everett Smith (introduction); Ann Barton (introduction)
- Reprints
- from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#8 [8] (January 1941)
-
[The Sorceress Strikes the Surface World]
Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (signed); Joe Simon (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed); Al Avison; Al Gabriele
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Green Sorceress (villain); Col. Chag (villain, death); Carl Pfeifer (villain, death); Rocky Roberts (villain, introduction); Bucky Williams (introduction); Maj. Stone (introduction)
- Reprints
- from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#9 [9] (February 1941)
-
[Rocky Roberts Takes Over]
Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (signed); Joe Simon (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed); Al Avison; Al Gabriele
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Green Sorceress (villain); Rocky Roberts (villain, death); Gen. Feng (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
- from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#10 [10] (March 1941)
-
The Emissary
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Win a Prize Comics (Charlton, 1955 series) #1 (February 1955)
-
Mystery Vision
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #58 (July-September 1956)
-
Gismo!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #58 (July-September 1956)
-
Help!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #58 (July-September 1956)
-
[And Now...]
table of contents / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #59 (September 1957)
-
Today I Am A--?
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #59 (September 1957)
-
A Weemer Is the Best of All
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #59 (September 1957)
-
The Great Stone Face
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #59 (September 1957)
-
The Ant Extract
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #60 (November 1957)
-
Shadow Brother
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #60 (November 1957)
-
The Cadmus Seed
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #1 (September 1957)
-
The Fourth Dimension Is a Many-Splattered Thing
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #1 (September 1957)
-
The Last Enemy
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Hammond Drake; Rat leader; The General (a bulldog)
- Synopsis
- Drake travels to 2514 AD. He finds dead tigers in a field. A rat tells him that all humans were killed in an atomic war and that animals inherited the earth. Drake is knocked out and back at their lair they demand the secret of making atom bombs. Suddenly the lair is attacked knocking Drake out. He wakes up in a bed with a dog, fox and bear at his side. The General enters the room and tells him that only rats want to continue fighting, everyone else wants peace. Drake gives him the secret of atomic bombs. Drake travels back to the present hoping that dogs will be better than rats.
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #1 (September 1957)
-
Donnegan's Daffy Chair
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #1 (September 1957)
-
Hole in the Wall
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #2 (November 1957)
-
The Big Hunt
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #2 (November 1957)
-
The Fireballs
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #2 (November 1957)
-
I Want To Be a Man
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #2 (November 1957)
-
This World Is Ours
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #3 (January 1958)
-
Forbidden Journey
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #4 (March 1958)
-
King of the Ants
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #6 (November 1958)
-
The Thing on Sputnik 4
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Marvin Stein
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (p 1); Artie Simek (pp 2-5)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Kelly; Major General Holt; Bio-Chemical Lab Technician
- Synopsis
- A triangular meteor is captured and brought on board a space station. Captain Kelly cuts into the meteor and finds a walnut shaped object inside. Major General Holt cautions Kelly against thinking they've found life. The lab technician investigates further but then there's a beep-beep sound and an explosion rocks the lab. There are more explosions accompanied by the beeps. Kelly is outside and sees an old Sputnik satellite which is beeping and then sees a space creature clinging to it. The walnut object appears and reunites with the space creature and they fly off in a triangular meteor.
- Reprints
- from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #2 (September 1958)
-
Lunar Trap
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ward Stratton (American Lunar Mineralogist); Colonel Alexandrovna (Russian Commandant); Petrov (Russian Soldier)
- Synopsis
- Ward Stratton is caught in a trap in Lunar Crater Tycho. He is arrested and taken to Colonel Alexandrovna who accuses him of being a spy and saboteur. Stratton is pleased that this is a lady but denies this. Alexandrovna orders Petrov to take Stratton to the site of the damage. Stratton again denies that it was his fault and Alexandrovna threatens to shoot him if he does not confess. Rocks rain down on the car and the pair just escape into a cave. They see that the assailant is a moon creature. A Russian rescue party drives the creature away and Alexandrovna and Stratton shake hands.
- Reprints
- from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #2 (September 1958)
-
Island in the Sky
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bill Fenner; Mike Baker; Doctor Johnson
- Synopsis
- Bill Fenner hated the Red Spot of Jupiter. An accident in space kills Bill and his body is fired into Jupiter. The Red Spot returns Bill's body in a transparent cylinder. When the cylinder is opened Bill sits up unaware of anything that has happened to him. After an electrical blow-up, when Bill takes all the power in his body, and then returning from an outside job in space with an empty oxygen tank, Bill is taken by the medics for examination. There is a small organism in his brain which protects him. Bill's body is better than new and he might live to 1000.
- Reprints
- from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #2 (September 1958)
-
The Face on Mars
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Al Williamson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (p 1); Artie Simek (pp 2-5)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ben Fisher; Koski; Brennan; Lake
- Synopsis
- The group of four are climbing a gigantic carved statue of a face found on Mars. Fisher steps through an eye socket and finds himself in a lush green city with breathable air and sees giant Martians. A fleet of spaceships attack and destroy the city. The giants have a meeting and point to a space map - there is a planet between Mars and Jupiter. The giants launch a missile to destroy this planet. Fisher suddenly can't breathe properly and then he is found on the surface of modern day Mars. On their way through space they stop in the asteroid belt - the remnants of a destroyed planet.
- Reprints
- from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #2 (September 1958)
-
The Three Rocketeers
Three Rocketeers / character profile / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #3 (November 1958)
-
The Long Long Years
Three Rocketeers / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Three Rocketeers [Kip Mc Coy (introduction, origin); Figures Faraday (introduction, origin); Sgt. Beefy Brown (introduction, origin)]
- Reprints
- from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #3 (November 1958)
-
Saucer Man
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #3 (November 1958)
-
Space Garbage
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #3 (November 1958)
-
Garden of Eden
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #3 (November 1958)
-
Hermit!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Adventures (Harvey, 1962 series) #1 (October 1962)
-
Trapped in the Human Aquarium
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Adventures (Harvey, 1962 series) #2 (December 1962)
-
The Secret of the Mountain
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Adventures (Harvey, 1962 series) #3 (February 1963)
- This Book and Original Comic data in GCD attribute the artwork to Al Williamson and Angelo Torres. The Art Of Al Williamson #[nn] (1983) credits Williamson and Crandall. Very possible all 3 worked on this story.
-
Lunar Goliaths
Three Rocketeers / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Blast-Off (Harvey, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)
-
The Great Moon Mystery
Three Rocketeers / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Blast-Off (Harvey, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)
-
The Space Court
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Blast-Off (Harvey, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)
-
The Little Earth
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Blast-Off (Harvey, 1965 series) #1 (October 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Interview with Al Williamson in The Art Of Al Williamson #[nn] (1983) indicates that Crandall did "some of the penciling."
Introduction
Clawfang / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- from Thrill-O-Rama (Harvey, 1965 series) #2 (September 1966)
-
Clawfang the Barbarian
Clawfang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- from Unearthly Spectaculars (Harvey, 1965 series) #2 (December 1966)
-
Earthman
Earthman / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Unearthly Spectaculars (Harvey, 1965 series) #2 (December 1966)
-
The Boys from Up There
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Jigsaw (Harvey, 1966 series) #1 (September 1966)
-
Covers Gallery
cover reprint (on interior page) / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Will Rowland
- Inks
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Al Williamson; Will Rowland
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Page 1 reprints covers to Blue Bolt #1, 2, 3, 5, 7. Page 2 reprints Alarming Tales #1-4. Page 3 reprints Black Cat Mystic #59, 60; Race For The Moon #2; Blast-Off #1.
Tiger 21
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Peter Sanderson (introduction); ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Previously Unpublished comic strip proposal
Jove U.N. Born
text article / 4 pages
- Script
- Joe Simon; Jim Simon; Peter Sanderson (Introduction)
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Previously unpublished proposal for TV/Film/Comics. Typewritten proposal plus conceptual art.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Thing on Sputnik 4
-
2.
Scoop!... Report from Space
-
3.
Of Future Convicts and Grubby Spacemen
-
4.
The 1940's
-
5.
[The Tree Men of Uranus]
Solar Patrol -
6.
["Terror Stalks the Trail of the Interplanetary..."]
Solar Legion -
7.
["Sworn to rid the solar system of the ever present threat..."]
Solar Legion -
8.
["Law and order have come at last..."]
Solar Legion -
9.
Daring Disc
-
10.
[The Human Lightning Streak]
Blue Bolt -
11.
[The Green Sorceress and the Cyclotron]
Blue Bolt -
12.
[The Green Sorceress Reforms]
Blue Bolt -
13.
[The Shrinking Serum]
Blue Bolt -
14.
[War in the Fourth Dimension]
Blue Bolt -
15.
[The Menace of Marto]
Blue Bolt -
16.
[The Green Army's Blitzkrieg]
Blue Bolt -
17.
[The Rescue of Blue Bolt]
Blue Bolt -
18.
[The Sorceress Strikes the Surface World]
Blue Bolt -
19.
[Rocky Roberts Takes Over]
Blue Bolt -
20.
The 1950's
-
21.
The Emissary
-
22.
Mystery Vision
-
23.
Gismo!
-
24.
Help!
-
25.
[And Now...]
-
26.
Today I Am A--?
-
27.
A Weemer Is the Best of All
-
28.
The Great Stone Face
-
29.
The Ant Extract
-
30.
Shadow Brother
-
31.
The Cadmus Seed
-
32.
The Fourth Dimension Is a Many-Splattered Thing
-
33.
The Last Enemy
-
34.
Donnegan's Daffy Chair
-
35.
Hole in the Wall
-
36.
The Big Hunt
-
37.
The Fireballs
-
38.
I Want To Be a Man
-
39.
This World Is Ours
-
40.
Forbidden Journey
-
41.
King of the Ants
-
42.
The Thing on Sputnik 4
-
43.
Lunar Trap
-
44.
Island in the Sky
-
45.
The Face on Mars
-
46.
The Three Rocketeers
Three Rocketeers -
47.
The Long Long Years
Three Rocketeers -
48.
Saucer Man
-
49.
Space Garbage
-
50.
Garden of Eden
-
51.
The 1960's
-
52.
Hermit!
-
53.
Trapped in the Human Aquarium
-
54.
The Secret of the Mountain
-
55.
Lunar Goliaths
Three Rocketeers -
56.
The Great Moon Mystery
Three Rocketeers -
57.
The Space Court
-
58.
The Little Earth
-
59.
Introduction
Clawfang -
60.
Clawfang the Barbarian
Clawfang -
61.
Earthman
Earthman -
62.
The Boys from Up There
-
63.
Covers Gallery
-
64.
Tiger 21
-
65.
Jove U.N. Born
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