Joe Simon

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First cover art by Alex Schomburg
1st appearance of John Steele, the inspiration behind the Super Soldier Program and likely who is referred to as Weapon 0
1st appearance and origin of Fiery Mask
1st appearance of Monako, the Prince of Magic
1st appearance of Detective Doc Denton
1st appearance of the Texas Kid
1st appearance of Phantom of the Underworld
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1st appearance of Laughing Mask, later becomes Purple Mask
1st appearance of the Phantom Bullet
1st appearance of Trojak the Tiger Man
1st appearance of Zephyr Jones
1st appearance of the Sky Devils, a trio of World War II British fighter pilots
1st appearance of the Vampire, the first indication of vampires in the Marvel Universe though his actual status as being undead was never revealed
Star Publications Jun 1940

Blue Bolt #1

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1st appearance and origin of Blue Bolt, a World War II hero with lightning powers
Timely Aug 1940

Red Raven Comics #1

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Debut artwork by Jack Kirby at Timely (Marvel) Comics
1st appearance and origin of the Red Raven and the Eternal Brain
1st appearance of Mercury, later becomes Hurricane then retconned to be Makkari from Kirby’s ‘Eternals’
1st appearance of Pluto who is later retconned to become Kro from Kirby's 'Eternals'
1st appearance of Magar the Mystic
This issue is the first appearance of a number of classical mythology characters but later appearances do not connect with these versions therefore they are not considered the mainstream Marvel depictions of the Olympians
1st appearance of Mercury (Hermes), Pluto (Hades), Jupiter (Zeus), Minerva (Athena), Vulcan (Hephaestus), Aeolus, Diana (Artemis), Apollo
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Cameo of Adolf Hitler, seen in a vision
1st appearance and origin of the first Marvel Boy, Martin Simon Burns
1st appearance of Flying Flame
1st appearance of Zeus in Timely comics, previously appeared as the Roman counterpart named Jupiter
1st appearance of Marvex, a super robot
1st appearance of Khufor, an Egyptian ruler who later becomes the vampire Amenhotep
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First published artwork in comics by Neal Adams
One panel in this issue was replaced by sample art that Neal Adams submitted to Joe Simon who worked at Archie Comics
DC Dec 1974

Sandman #1

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Final Simon and Kirby collaboration
1st appearance of Sandman, Garrett Sandford
1st appearance of Brute and Glob, later to appear in Neil Gaiman's Sandman series

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