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Simon, Joe

LC control no.n 79075944
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingSimon, Joe
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Variant(s)Simon, Joseph H.
Simon, Hymie
Birth date1913-10-11
Death date2011-12-14
Field of activityComic books, strips, etc.
Profession or occupationAuthors Editors Illustrators
Found inLee, S. Captain America, c1979 (subj. x-ref.) CIP ded. (Joe Simon)
Joe Simon, 2006: CIP galley (Joseph H. Simon; b. Oct. 11, 1913)
New York times WWW site, Dec. 16, 2011 (in obituary published Dec. 15: Joe Simon; Joseph Henry Simon, Oct. 11, 1913; his father, a tailor, named him Hymie; his mother, upset by the name, called him Joseph until it stuck; Henry, Mr. Simon said, simply evolved from the middle initial he decided on to commemorate Hymie; d. Wednesday [Dec. 14, 2011], Manhattan, aged 98; writer, editor, and illustrator of comic books who was a co-creator of the superhero Captain America, conceived out of a patriotic impulse as war was roiling Europe)
Associated languageeng