COMIC ARTIST

Joe Simon

1913 - 2011

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Joseph Henry Simon (born Hymie Simon; October 11, 1913 – December 14, 2011) was an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. With his partner, artist Jack Kirby, he co-created Captain America, one of comics' most enduring superheroes, and the team worked extensively on such features at DC Comics as the 1940s Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy, and co-created the Newsboy Legion, the Boy Commandos, and Manhunter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Simon has received more than 788,392 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Joe Simon is the 131st most popular comic artist (down from 88th in 2019), the 8,253rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,108th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Comic Artist.

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  • 53.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Joe Simon ranks 131 out of 226. Before him are Iginio Straffi, Ken Sugimori, Ōten Shimokawa, Raymond Briggs, Momoko Sakura, and Tsutomu Nihei. After him are Jamie Hewlett, Kouta Hirano, Alex Raymond, Les Clark, John Buscema, and Yukito Kishiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Joe Simon ranks 305. Before him are Helene Madison, Georges Spénale, Vojtěch Bradáč, Adrian Quist, Jiří Weiss, and Lynn Bari. After him are Fritz Keller, Ansa Ikonen, Ólafur Jóhannesson, Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, Annette Rogers, and François Devries. Among people deceased in 2011, Joe Simon ranks 369. Before him are Szeto Wah, Cesare Rubini, Gonzalo Rojas, Carlos Torres, Yrjö Hietanen, and Barbara Kent. After him are Kuno Klötzer, Hans Kalt, Elisabeth Sladen, Célestin Oliver, Waldemar Baszanowski, and Žarko Nikolić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Simon ranks 8,253 out of 20,380. Before him are Barry Sullivan (1912), Matt Biondi (1965), Slim Summerville (1892), Conway Twitty (1933), C. E. Ruthenberg (1882), and Joanna Angel (1980). After him are Lisa Randall (1962), Roger Stone (1952), Bob Richards (1926), Eric Kripke (1974), Robert Earl Jones (1910), and January Jones (1978).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Joe Simon ranks 27. Before him are Lee Falk (1911), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), John Romita Sr. (1930), Richard Corben (1940), Roy Thomas (1940), and Larry Lieber (1931). After him are Alex Raymond (1909), Les Clark (1907), John Buscema (1927), Rose O'Neill (1874), Mike Mignola (1960), and George Herriman (1880).

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