Introduction by Joe Simon...6
THE HEROES
Introduction...12
Captain America and the Riddle of the Red Skull (from Captain America Comics #1, March 1941)...15
The Vision (from Marvel Mystery Comics #14, Dec. 1940)...29
Sandman: The Villain from Valhalla (from Adventure Comics #75, June 1942)...36
Killer in the Big Top (from Stuntman Comics #1, April 1946)...46
Assignment: Find the King of the Crime Syndicate (from Fighting American #2, June 1954)...59
Come Into my Parlor (From Adventures of the Fly #1, Aug. 1959)...66
Cover: Adventures of the Fly #3, Nov. 1959...73
SCIENCE FICTION SERIAL ACTION
Introduction...74
Solar Patrol: The Tree Men of Uranus (from Silver Streak Comics #2, January 1940)...77
Blue Bolt (from Blue Bolt Comics #4, Sept. 1940)...82
The Thing on Sputnik 4 (from Race for the Moon #2, Sept. 1958)...92
Cover: Blue Bolt #3, Aug. 1940...97
WAR AND ADVENTURE
Introduction...98
Satan Wears a Swastika (from Boy Commandos #1, Winter 1942)...101
The Duke of Broadway: My City is No More (from Black Cat Comics #5, Apr. 1947)...113
Booby Trap (from Foxhole #2, Dec. 1954)...123
Cover: Foxhole #1, Oct. 1954...129
THE BIRTH OF ROMANCE
Introduction...130
Weddin' at Red Rock (from Western Love #1, July 1949)...133
The Savage in Me (from Young Romance Comics #22, June 1950)...136
CRIME DRAMA
Introduction...150
Trapping New England's Chain Murderer (from Headline Comics #24, May 1947)...153
Mother of Crime (from Real Clue Crime Stories, volume 2, no. 4, June 1947)...162
The Case Against Scarface (from Justice Traps the Guilty #1, Oct. 1947)...170
THE GREAT WESTERN
Introduction...178
Apache Justice (from The Kid Cowboys of Boy's Ranch #2, Dec. 1950)...181
Remember The Alamo (from The Kid Cowboys of Boy's Ranch #6, Aug. 1951)...188
Doom Town (from Bulls Eye #4, Feb. 1955)...190
OH! THE HORROR!
Introduction...198
The Scorn of the Faceless People! (from Black Magic #2 -- volume 1, no. 2, Dec. 1950)...201
Up There! (from Black Magic #13 -- volume 2, no. 7, June 1952)...211
The Woman in the Tower! (from The Strange World of Your Dreams #3, Nov. 1952)...217
Cover: Black Magic #29 (volume 4, no. 5, March 1954)...221
SICK HUMOR
Introduction...222
A Rainy Day with Housedate Harry(from My Date #4, Jan. 1948)...225
20,000 Lugs Under the Sea (from From Here to Insanity #11, Aug. 1955)...228
Lenny Bruce (from SICK, volume1, no. 2, Oct. 1960)...234
Editorial page (from SICK, volume 1, no. 2, Oct. 1960)...236
Cover: SICK #42 (volume 6, no. 2), Feb. 1966...237
A SIMON AND KIRBY BIBLIOGRAPHY...238
