found: New York times WWW site, Dec. 16, 2011 (in obituary published Dec. 15: Joe Simon; Joseph Henry Simon, Oct. 11, 1913; his father, a tailor, named him Hymie; his mother, upset by the name, called him Joseph until it stuck; Henry, Mr. Simon said, simply evolved from the middle initial he decided on to commemorate Hymie; d. Wednesday [Dec. 14, 2011], Manhattan, aged 98; writer, editor, and illustrator of comic books who was a co-creator of the superhero Captain America, conceived out of a patriotic impulse as war was roiling Europe)
Simon, Joe
