Which comic book hero, with an alter ego of Steve Rogers, did Joe Simon and Jack Kirby create in 1940?
Guardian (DC Comics) Guardian (DC Comics) Guardian (James Jacob "Jim" Harper) is a DC Comics superhero, introduced in April 1942 by writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby. Guardian resembles an earlier Kirby and Simon character Captain America (first published 13 months earlier by Marvel Comics) where he had no super powers and carried an indestructible shield. A version of Guardian appears in The CW television series "Supergirl". He is the alter-ego of the comic book character Jimmy Olsen played by Mehcad Brooks. He first appeared in "Star-Spangled Comics" #7 (April 1942) and was created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Jim Harper
Jack Kirby Jack Kirby Jack "King" Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg ; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew up in New York City, and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s, drawing various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, before ultimately settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the