Comic Book Nation The Transformation of Youth Culture in America

Name: Comic Book Nation The Transformation of Youth Culture in America
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ISBN: 9780801874505

ISBN-10: 0801874505

ISBN-13: 9780801874505

Edition: 9th 2001

Authors: Bradford W. Wright

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"Congratulations to Bradford W. Wright for penning one of the most comprehensive and readable accounts of the pervasive effect that comic books have had upon generations of readers throughout America, and indeed -- the world." -- Stan Lee As American as jazz or rock and roll, comic books have been central in the nation's popular culture since Superman's 1938 debut in Action Comics #1. Selling in the millions each year for the past six decades, comic books have figured prominently in the childhoods of most Americans alive today. In Comic Book Nation, Bradford W. Wright offers an engaging, illuminating, and often provocative history of the comic book industry within the context of…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 10/17/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 7.52" wide x 10.00" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Superheroes for the Common Man: The Birth of the Comic Book Industry, 1933-1941



Race, Politics, and Propaganda: Comic Books Go to War, 1939-1945



Confronting Success: Comic Books and Postwar America, 1945-1950



Youth Crisis: Comic Books and Controversy, 1947-1950



Reds, Romance, and Renegades: Comic Books and the Culture of the Cold War, 1947-1954



Turning Point: Comic Books in Crisis, 1954-1955



Great Power and Great Responsibility: Superheroes in a Superpower, 1956-1967



Questioning Authority: Comic Books and Cultural Change, 1968-1979



Direct to the Fans: The Comic Book Industry since 1980


Epilogue: The Death of Superman, or, Must There Be a Comic Book Industry?


Notes


Notes on Sources


Index