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Joe SimonJoseph Henry "Joe" Simon is an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s-1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics.With his...
-created character and two-issue comic series published by
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from September to December 1966.
Developed for Harvey's short-lived superhero line,
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, Jigsaw was the disconnectable "Man of a Thousand Parts". The feature was drawn by
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, with the writing generally, if unconfirmably, credited to
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. The backup features were "Super Luck" in issue #1 (artist unknown) and "The Man From SRAM" (art by
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veteran
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) in #2. The first issue also featured an
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story drawn by
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great
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. Work for a third issue may exist.
External links
- Jigsaw at the International Catalogue of Superheroes
- Jigsaw on official Joe Simon site
- Jigsaw at Dial B for Blog
- Jigsaw at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Don Markstein's Toonopedia was a web encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation. Don D...