Fighting American

Author Joe Simon
Illustrated by Jack Kirby
Paperback
$19.95 US
On sale May 31, 2011 | 200 Pages | 9780857681157
The complete adventures of the quirky Cold War superhero - launched in 1954 by the creators of Captain America - are presented here in an affordable graphic novel format, with weird and wonderful characters like Yucha Liffso, Jiseppi the Jungle Boy and Poison Ivan!

Explosive adventures from the legendary Simon and Kirby!
Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created one of the most enduring American heroes in 1940 with the first issue of Captain America Comics from Timely Comics — the company that became Marvel Comics. Simon proved to be a brilliant editor, writer, penciller, inker, and businessman, serving as an editor for Archie, Harvey, Fox, Crestwood, and Mainline Publications — Simon and Kirby’s own company.

Jack Kirby was perhaps the most important artist ever to have worked in superhero comics. A creative and design genius, the “King” co-created household names such as The Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men for Marvel Comics, later moving  to DC where he wrote Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, the epic saga of the New Gods, Kamandi — Last Boy on Earth and OMAC.

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The complete adventures of the quirky Cold War superhero - launched in 1954 by the creators of Captain America - are presented here in an affordable graphic novel format, with weird and wonderful characters like Yucha Liffso, Jiseppi the Jungle Boy and Poison Ivan!

Explosive adventures from the legendary Simon and Kirby!

Author

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created one of the most enduring American heroes in 1940 with the first issue of Captain America Comics from Timely Comics — the company that became Marvel Comics. Simon proved to be a brilliant editor, writer, penciller, inker, and businessman, serving as an editor for Archie, Harvey, Fox, Crestwood, and Mainline Publications — Simon and Kirby’s own company.

Jack Kirby was perhaps the most important artist ever to have worked in superhero comics. A creative and design genius, the “King” co-created household names such as The Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men for Marvel Comics, later moving  to DC where he wrote Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, the epic saga of the New Gods, Kamandi — Last Boy on Earth and OMAC.

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