Beginning with <i>Blue Bolt</i> in June 1940, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby set the standard for costumed heroes. Their creation <i>Captain America</i> remains one of the most famous heroes in comic book history, and their work for Timely and DC Comics raised the bar.<br><br>This large format hardcover collects the duo's most exciting characters: <i>Fighting American</i>, their cold-war take on the patriotic hero, <i>The Fly</i>, with origins in an unknown Spider-Man prototype, <i>Lancelot Strong,</i> the man with the double life, and the Hollywood swashbuckler known as <i>Stuntman</i>. <br><br>This is the only edition authorized by both Joe Simon and the estate of Jack Kirby, gathered from the official Simon and Kirby archives.