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100 1 _aSimon, Joe.
_978661
245 1 4 _aThe comic book makers /
_cby Joe Simon with Jim Simon
250 _aRev. ed
260 _aLebanon, N.J. :
_bVanguard Productions,
_c2003
300 _a190 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c28 cm
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aForeword: The Butcher, the Baker, the Comic Book Maker -- In the Beginning -- Growing Up Before Comic Books -- Working for the Newspapers -- New York, Here I Come -- The King of Comics -- Lou Fine -- A New Breed of Publisher -- Blue Bolt -- Enter Jack Kirby -- Captain America--Our Answer to Hitler -- Pocket Comics--Two for the Price of One (Almost) -- Captain Marvel--A Crude Beginning -- Hangman and the Threat of Litigation -- Superman vs. Captain Marvel -- Crime Does Not Pay? -- The Move to DC Comics -- Captain America Goes Hollywood -- The Non-Superheroes -- Sad Sack -- A House in the Country -- Alfred Harvey -- Dick Tracy -- Post-War Bust -- The Duke of Broadway -- On the Ranch -- Boys' Ranch Action Portfolio -- The Years of Romance -- Straight into the Third Dimension -- Horror, Crime and Punishment -- Beautiful Freak -- Mainline--Simon and Kirby's Own Company -- The Legend of Bullseye -- Bullseye Action Portfolio -- The Accountant--Fish in a Barrel -- A Killer Among Us -- Burstein, the Unknown Writer -- Sick--A Healthy Departure -- The New Age of Comics -- The Birth of Spider-Man -- The Copyright Capers -- '60s and '70s Comics -- Still Later.
520 _aJoe Simon, first editor of Marvel Comics and a creator of Captain America, takes you back to the birth of the comic book industry, the early backroom publishing offices, collaborations (and feuds) among writers, artists and publishers, the art studios, working conditions, and the creators of superheroes that generated fortunes for the publishers but often left the creators struggling to survive.
650 0 _aComic books, strips, etc.
_zUnited States
_xHistory and criticism.
_978662
650 0 _aCartoonists
_zUnited States
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700 1 _aSimon, Jim.
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