Topic summary
Ed Herron
Extracted from the Wikipedia article France Herron.
Early life and career
Herron got his start in comics while still a teenager, with the Harry "A" Chesler "packaging" studio in 1937, writing and editing for such Centaur Comics' titles as Star Comics and Star Ranger Funnies. In 1939, Herron joined Fox Features Syndicate, where he first met Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. In 1940–1941, Simon and Kirby hired Herron to write stories for their new creation Captain America, published by the Marvel Comics forerunner Timely Comics. Herron and artists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby co-created the Red Skull in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941).