Simmons said seeing these characters who could fly, go back in time and shoot webbing from their fingers caused his imagination to race.įrom that moment on, comic books weaved into different parts of Simmons' life. I couldn't read English at that point, and when I opened the comic book, I saw one of those three guys was flying through the air." What the hell is that?' And then when I opened (the comic book), I couldn't read the words. I remember looking at it and going, 'These people are dressed strangely, and there's capes, and they have masks. And because I couldn't speak English very well, the kid sat me down and brought out an issue of 'World's Finest Comics,' and it had Batman, Superman and Robin on the cover, and I thought to myself, I remember I must have been 8 and a half (or) 9 years old. "Well, I wasn't born in America, so when I first came to America and couldn't speak English, a kid down the block had a huge comic book collection," Simmons said. "I had never heard of comic books. Simmons first came in contact with comics after immigrating to New York City from Israel as a kid and recalled the first time they had an effect on him. That passion has continued throughout his life, and he will get to chat with local comic book fans when he attends Knoxville's Fanboy Expo on June 23 and 24 as a celebrity guest. Watch Video: Knoxville's Fanboy Expo to feature host of celebrity guestsīefore he co-founded the popular and successful rock band KISS with Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons had a passion for comic books.
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