Hillman Periodicals
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Hillman Periodicals, Inc., was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher. It is best known for its true confessio
Hillman Periodicals' People Today (Aug. 11, 1954)
Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew up in New York City and learned to
Hillman Periodicals
…Westerns (Dead-Eye Western Comics and Western Fighters). During this time, Hillman often utilized the talents of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Hillman's most notable character, however, continuing in new stories by another publisher, Eclipse Comics, in the 1980s, was the Charles Biro, Dick…
Kirby in 1992
Captain America Comics #1 (cover-dated March 1941); cover art by Kirby and Joe Simon
Lightnin' And The Lone Rider, ad from Famous Funnies #61 (August 1939)
Kirby in the U.S. Army during World War II