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The Creator of Captain America Passes

Joe Simon and Captain America

“Only a week after the creator of the Joker, Jerry Robinson, passed away, on December 14th, Joe Simon, co-creator of Captain America and several other characters from the Golden Age of comics, passed away at the age of 98.”

I hate/love writing obituaries - I like to let people know who is gone and what they accomplished while they were alive so they can appreciate them more, but I’m always afraid if I do a lackluster job I will be doing a disservice to them.  And now I have had to do two obits in one week - hopefully now people will see how much a loss the comic book world has taken this past december.

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