The Best of Simon and Kirby

(May 2009)

The Best of Simon and Kirby (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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Social Night in Town (Table of Contents: 2)

Boys' Ranch / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby

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?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Illustration from the centerfold pinup from Boys' Ranch (Harvey, 1946 series) #3, in bluetones, on the inside front cover and first endpaper. Pencil credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

The Best of Simon and Kirby (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Kirby

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?

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?

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?

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece. Illustrated with detail from the splash page to "Bulls Eye Finds Major Calamity in Doom Town" from Bulls-Eye (Mainline, 1954 series) #4. Pencil credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

The Best of Simon and Kirby (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Kirby

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Joe Simon

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?

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?

Indexer Notes

Title page. Illustrated with detail from "Killer in the Big Top" from Stuntman (Harvey, 1946 series) #1.

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 5)

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Jack Kirby

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Joe Simon

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?

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?

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with detail from "Assignment: Find the King of the Crime Syndicate" from Fighting American (Prize, 1954 series) #2.

Introduction (Table of Contents: 6)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon

Inks

Joe Simon; Al Avison; Al Gabriele; Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from Stuntman (Harvey, 1946 series) #2, a detail from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#5 [5], the cover of Adventure Is My Career (Street and Smith, 1945 series) #[nn], an example of the comic strip True Comics, a two-page spread from Stuntman (Harvey, 1946 series) #2, the cover of Young Romance (Prize, 1947 series) #1, the cover to Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v1 #1 [1], the centerfold pinup from Boys' Ranch (Harvey, 1950 series) #2, and photos.

The Heroes (Table of Contents: 7)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Evanier

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Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from the cover of Double Life of Private Strong, The (Archie, 1949 series) #2, a splash page from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #6, the cover of Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #78, the cover of Stuntman (Harvey, 1946 series) #1, the cover of Fighting American (Prize, 1954 series) #1, the cover of Adventures of the Fly, The (Archie, 1959 series) #1, and a detail from Stuntman (Harvey, 1946 series) #1.

Captain America and the Riddle of the Red Skull (Table of Contents: 8)

Captain America / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Simon (Original Editor)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Vision / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Simon (Original Editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Through smoke, the gateway to the supernatural world, steps the Vision...

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #14 (December 1940)

The Villain from Valhalla (Table of Contents: 10)

The Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (Original Editor)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #75 (June 1942)

Killer in the Big Top! (Table of Contents: 11)

Stuntman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon

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?

Letters

?

Editing

Leon Harvey (Original Editor)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Stuntman (Harvey, 1946 series) #1 (April-May 1946)

Assignment: Find the King of the Crime Syndicate (Table of Contents: 12)

Fighting American / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon

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Jack Kirby

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Joe Simon

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?

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Simon (Original Editor); Jack Kirby (Original Editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fighting American [Nelson Flagg; Johnny Flagg]; Speedboy [Dan Sprite]; Doubleheader [Casper Dewberry] (first appearance, villain); Mary Stewart

Synopsis

Doubleheader has created a device to fling energy which he uses to fix various sporting events and to help him win at gambling. The Fighting American and Speedboy put an end to his criminal enterprise.

Reprints

• from Fighting American (Prize, 1954 series) #v1#2 [2] (June-July 1954)

Keywords

gambling

Come Into My Parlor (Table of Contents: 13)

The Fly / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

John Goldwater (Original Editor)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (August 1959)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

The Fly / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Simon

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

John Goldwater (Original Editor)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #3 (November 1959)

Way Out Science Fiction (Table of Contents: 15)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Evanier

Pencils

Joe Simon; Mort Meskin?; Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon; Al Williamson?; George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from the cover of Science Comics (Fox, 1940 series) #4, an illustration from the pulp Marvel Stories #v2#2, the cover to Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #1, the cover from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#1 [1], and the cover to Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Solar Patrol / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon

Pencils

Joe Simon

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Lev Gleason (Original Editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the story of Ken Kurage, who lives in the year 2065...

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Silver Streak Comics (Lev Gleason, 1939 series) #2 (January 1940)

Indexer Notes

Called "The Tree Men of Uranus" in the Table of Contents.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon; Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

David Adams (Original Editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Doctor Bertoff is completing final tests on his latest experiment...

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Reprints

• from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#4 [4] (September 1940)

The Thing on Sputnik 4 (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Marvin Stein

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Rosen (p 1); Artie Simek (pp 2-5)

Editing

Leon Harvey (Original Editor)

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)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Blue Bolt / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Simon

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

David Adams (Original Editor)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Reprints

• from Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#3 [3] (August 1940)

War and Adventure (Table of Contents: 20)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Evanier

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from Fox Hole (Charlton, 1955 series) #5, the cover to Boy Commandos (DC, 1942 series) #2, the cover to Boy Explorers Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #1, the cover to Warfront (Harvey, 1951 series) #28, and a detail from Foxhole (Mainline, 1954 series) #2.

Satan Wears a Swastika (Table of Contents: 21)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Editing

Jack Schiff (Original Editor)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Boy Commandos (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Winter 1942-1943)

My City Is No More (Table of Contents: 22)

The Duke of Broadway / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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?

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Joe Simon

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Joe Simon

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?

Letters

?

Editing

Leon Harvey (Original Editor)

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #5 (April-May 1947)

Indexer Notes

Credits for this story from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

Booby Trap (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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?

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Jack Kirby

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?

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?

Letters

?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Genre

war

Reprints

• from Foxhole (Mainline, 1954 series) #2 (December 1954)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

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?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

?

Reprints

• from Foxhole (Mainline, 1954 series) #1 (October 1954)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

The Birth of Romance (Table of Contents: 25)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Evanier

Pencils

Jack Kirby; ? (photos)

Inks

Jack Kirby; ? (photos)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from the cover to Young Love (Prize, 1949 series) #12, the cover to Young Love (Prize, 1949 series) #1, the cover to In Love (Mainline, 1954 series) #1, the cover to Young Romance (Prize, 1947 series) #14, the cover to Western Love (Prize, 1949 series) #1, and a detail from Young Romance (Prize, 1947 series) #7.

Weddin' at Red Rock! (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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?

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Jack Kirby

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?

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?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Genre

romance; western-frontier

Reprints

• from Western Love (Prize, 1949 series) #v1#1 [1] (July-August 1949)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

The Savage in Me! (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Genre

romance

Reprints

• from Young Romance (Prize, 1947 series) #v3#10 (22) (June 1950)

Crime Drama (Table of Contents: 28)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Evanier

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Jack Kirby; ? (photo)

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Jack Kirby; ? (photo)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from the cover to Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v2#1 [v1][1], the cover to Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #37, and the two-page spread from Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #24.

Trapping New England's Chain Murderer! (Table of Contents: 29)

Red-Hot Blaze / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Editing

Joe Simon (Original Editor); Jack Kirby (Original Editor)

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #v2#12 (24) (May-June 1947)

Mother of Crime (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Editing

Ed Cronin (Original Editor)

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Real Clue Crime Stories (Hillman, 1947 series) #v2#4 [16] (June 1947)

The Case Against-- Scarface (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v2#1 [1] (October-November 1947)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

The Great Western (Table of Contents: 32)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Evanier

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from the cover to Bulls-Eye (Mainline, 1954 series) #2, the splash page from Boys' Ranch (Harvey, 1950 series) #2, the cover to Bulls-Eye (Mainline, 1954 series) #5, the cover to Boys' Ranch (Harvey, 1950 series) #2, a two-page spread from Boys' Ranch (Harvey, 1950 series) #4, and a detail from the cover to Boys' Ranch (Harvey, 1950 series) #1.

Apache Justice! (Table of Contents: 33)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from Boys' Ranch (Harvey, 1950 series) #2 (December 1950)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

Remember the Alamo! (Table of Contents: 34)

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?

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Jack Kirby

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?

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?

Letters

?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from Boys' Ranch (Harvey, 1950 series) #6 (August 1951)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

Bulls Eye Finds Major Calamity in Doom Town (Table of Contents: 35)

Bulls Eye / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from Bulls Eye (Mainline, 1954 series) #4 (February 1955)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

Oh! The Horror! (Table of Contents: 36)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Evanier

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon?

Inks

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from the cover to Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v2 #11 [17], the cover to Strange World of Your Dreams (Prize, 1952 series) #1, the cover to Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v2 #2 [8], the cover to Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #58, and the cover to Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #3.

The Scorn of the Faceless People! (Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Simon (Original Editor); Jack Kirby (Original Editor)

Reprints

• from Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v1#2 [2] (December 1950-January 1951)

Up There! (Table of Contents: 38)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Simon (Original Editor); Jack Kirby (Original Editor)

Reprints

• from Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v2#7 (13) (June 1952)

The Woman in the Tower! (Table of Contents: 39)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Simon (Original Editor); Jack Kirby (Original Editor)

Reprints

• from Strange World of Your Dreams (Prize, 1952 series) #v1#3 (November-December 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby

Colors

Jack Kirby

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Simon (Original Editor); Jack Kirby (Original Editor)

Reprints

• from Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v4#5 (29) (March-April 1954)

Sick Humor (Table of Contents: 41)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Evanier

Pencils

?; Jack Kirby

Inks

?; Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with detail from the cover to Sick (Prize, 1960 series) #41, the cover to Sick (Prize, 1960 series) #v1#1 [1], the cover to From Here to Insanity (Charlton, 1955 series) #11, the cover to My Date Comics (Hillman, 1947 series) #1, and a photo.

A Rainy Day with House-Date Harry, or...Sunny Day's Date with Calamity (Table of Contents: 42)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Reprints

• from My Date Comics (Hillman, 1947 series) #v1#4 (January 1948)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

Presenting-- Walt Chisely's 20,000 Lugs Under the Sea (Table of Contents: 43)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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?

Pencils

?

Inks

Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Reprints

• from From Here to Insanity (Charlton, 1955 series) #11 (August 1955)

Indexer Notes

Inking credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymuseum.org.

Lenny Bruce (Table of Contents: 44)

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?

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?

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?

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?

Letters

?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Reprints

• from Sick (Prize, 1960 series) #v1#2 [2] (October 1960)

Sick Humor Is Growing Up (Table of Contents: 45)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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?

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?

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?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Reprints

• from Sick (Prize, 1960 series) #v1#2 [2] (October 1960)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

? (Original Editor)

Characters

Fighting American

Reprints

• from Sick (Prize, 1960 series) #v6#2 (42) (February 1966)

Simon and Kirby Checklist (Table of Contents: 47)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Marvin Stein

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with very small reproductions of the covers from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #4, Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v4 #6 [30], Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #60, Foxhole (Mainline, 1954 series) #3, Police Trap (Mainline, 1954 series) #2, In Love (Mainline, 1954 series) #3, Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v1#4 [4], Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #3, Strange World of Your Dreams (Prize, 1952 series) #3, Science Comics (Fox, 1940 series) #5, Speed Comics (Harvey, 1939 series) #23, Warfront (Harvey, 1951 series) #29, Win a Prize Comics (Charlton, 1955 series) #2, and Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #14.

Social Night in Town (Table of Contents: 48)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

Illustration from the centerfold pinup from Boys' Ranch (Harvey, 1946 series) #3, in bluetones, on the last endpaper and inside back cover. Pencil credit from Harry Mendryk of kirbymsueum.org.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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?

Letters

typeset

Genre

biography

Indexer Notes

On the flap of the dustjacket over the inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50) (Expand) /

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