Simon, Joe with Jim Simon.  The Comic Book Makers.  Revised edition.  Lebanon, NJ: Vanguard Productions, 2003.  192pp.  ISBNs: 1-887591-34-6 (deluxe hc), 1-887591-33-8 (hc), 1-887591-35-4 (pb).
Publisher's information on-line
  1. In the Beginning ... 12
  2. Growing Up Before Comic Books ... 16
  3. Working for the Newspapers ... 20
  4. New York, Here I Come ... 24
  5. The King of Comics [inclu. Lou Fine art, 34-36]... 29
  6. A New Breed of Publisher [inclu. Blue Bolt art, 38-39] ... 37
  7. Enter Jack Kirby ... 40
  8. Captain America - Our Answer to Hitler ... 42
  9. Pocket Comics - Two for the Price of One (Almost) ... 48
  10. Captain Marvel - A Crude Beginning ... 50
  11. Hangman and the Threat of Litigation ... 52
  12. Superman vs. Captain Marvel ... 54
  13. Crime Does Not Pay? ... 56
  14. The Move to DC Comics ... 58
  15. Captain American Goes Hollywood ... 62
  16. The Non-Superheroes [incl. Sad Sack, 70-71] ... 68
  17. A House in the Country [incl. Alfred Harvey, 74-75 and Dick Tracy, 76-77] ... 72
  18. Post-War Bust [incl. color gallery, 81-96 and "The Duke of Broadway," 97-102] ... 78
  19. On the Ranch [incl. Boys' Ranch Action Portfolio, 105-108] ... 103
  20. The Years of Romance ... 109
  21. Straight into the Third Diemnsion ... 114
  22. Horror, Crime and Punishment [incl. "Beautiful Freak" (from Black Magic #29 (Mar-Apr 1954), 131-136] ... 118
  23. Mainline - Simon and Kirby's Own Company [incl. The Legend of Bullseye, 139-140 and Bullseye Action Portfolio, 141-146] ... 137
  24. The Accountant - Fish in a Barrell ... 147
  25. A Killer Among Us ... 151 [listed on ToC incorrectly as 137]
  26. Burstein, the Unknown Writer ... 154
  27. Sick - A Healthy Departure [incl. "The New Age of Comics," 170-172] ... 160
  28. The Birth of Spider-Man ... 173
  29. The Copyright Capers [incl. '60s and '70s Comics, 187] ... 186
  30. Still Later ... 188
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