Joe Simon (b. 1913)

Born: 1913 October 11 in Rochester, New York, United States
Died: 2011 December 14 in New York City, New York, United States
via story credit search for "Joe Simon" external links

Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

The World Encyclopedia of Comics and Lambiek Comiclopedia (Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Joe Simon." https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/simon-joe.htm. Retrieved February 16, 2018.) both give Simon's birth year as 1915.

Jon Henri is a pen name usually used with Jack Kirby.

Name:

  • Joe Simon
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Joe Family name: Simon

Other Names:

  1. Chester Gould Type: Ghost Name
  2. Jon Henery Type: Pen Name
  3. Jon Henri Type: Pen Name
  4. Floyd Kelly Type: House Name
  5. Hymie Simon Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Hymie Family name: Simon
  6. Joseph Henry Simon Type: Changed Name
    Given name: Joseph Henry Family name: Simon
  7. Gregory Sykes Type: Pen Name

Signatures:

  1. Chester Gould [generic]
  2. Edwin Wald [generic]
  3. Glaven [generic]
  4. Gregory Sykes [generic]
  5. Joe Simon [generic]
  6. JOE SIMON [stacked, all caps] [generic]
  7. JON HENRI [generic]
  8. Kirby [generic]
  9. Simon [generic]
  10. SIMON [generic]

Relations:

  1. Employee of - Funnies, Inc. (b. 1939)
    Notes: Unconfirmed, but may have written, penciled and inked circa 1939.
  2. Ghosted for - Chester Gould (b. 1900)
  3. User of - Jon Henri
    Notes: With Jack Kirby.
  4. User of - Floyd Kelly
  5. Owner - Simon and Kirby Studio (b. 1941)
    Notes: Did writing, pencils and inks 1940 to 1943 and 1946 to 1954.
  6. Parent of - Jim Simon
  7. Ghosted by - Steve Brodie
  8. Ghosted by - Don C. Cameron (b. 1905)
  9. Ghosted by - Arturo Cazeneuve (b. 1919)
  10. Ghosted by - John Daly
  11. Relative - Jack Oleck (b. 1914)
    Notes: Brothers-in-law.
  12. Spouse - Harriet Simon

Schools:

  1. Syracuse University ? to ?


Art Influences:

Influences by Joe Simon (b. 1913) were stated by:
  1. Ronn Foss (b. 1939)
  2. Jack Kirby (b. 1917)
  3. William F. Nolan (b. 1928)
  4. Roy Thomas (b. 1940)
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