This text measures a remarkably popular medium's reflection of social and political problems during a troubled period in American history. In addition to their entertainment value, comic books offered a world-view to a large segment of the American public in the confusion to the decade following World War II. By 1945, comic books were more than simply diversions for children: millions had been distributed to service personnel during the war years. And in the postwar decade, adults as well as children purchased and read an ...
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This text measures a remarkably popular medium's reflection of social and political problems during a troubled period in American history. In addition to their entertainment value, comic books offered a world-view to a large segment of the American public in the confusion to the decade following World War II. By 1945, comic books were more than simply diversions for children: millions had been distributed to service personnel during the war years. And in the postwar decade, adults as well as children purchased and read an outstanding 60 million comic books per month. These books treated such contemporary concerns as the atomic and hydrogen bombs, the growth of international Communism, and the Korean War, and they offered heroes and heroines to deal with such problems. In response to moral criticism leveled against comic books in 1954, the industry established a Comics Code that specified acceptable comic-book content. The code prohibited most of what had appeared in the medium prior to 1954, and what has since come to be known as the "golden age" of comic books came abruptly to an end. In exploring materials often dismissed as ephermeral and inconsequential, "Comic Books and America" reveals a great deal about the society that produced this literature and offers clues to the beliefs and attitudes of adults today, many of whom were avid readers of comic books in their formative years.
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New. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's yellow cloth. In addition to their entertainment value, comic books offered a commentary of world events to a large segment of the American public in the confusion of the decade following World War II. This study assesses this popular medium's reflection of social and political problems between 1945-1954. ISBN: 0806123052 Pages: 151 Fine in fine dust jacket.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. xiii, 151pp, index, bibliographical note, bw ills. Or yellow cloth in jacket. As new. By 1945 comic books were more than simply diversions for children: millions were distributed to service personel during the war years. Adults and children bought and read as amazing 60 million comic books per month in the post war decade. Theses treated such contemporary concerns as the atomic and hydrogen bombs, the growth of international communism and the Korean war and offered heroes and heroines to deal with such problems. In exploring material often considered ephemeral and inconsequential, this book reveals a great deal about the society that produced this literature and offers clues to beliefs and attitudes of adults today, many of whom were avid readers of comic books in their formative years. Includes reproductions of five representative stories: Assault on Target UR-238 (The Bomb); Terror in Tibet (Red Menace); The Slaughter on Suicide Hill (Korean War); Princess Pantha (society and change) and The Cowboy Crusade.
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Norman. 1990. University Of Oklahoma Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0806123052. 168 pages. hardcover. keywords: Comics History America. FROM THE PUBLISHER-This text measures a remarkably popular medium's reflection of social and political problems during a troubled period in American history. In addition to their entertainment value, comic books offered a world-view to a large segment of the American public in the confusion to the decade following World War II. By 1945, comic books were more than simply diversions for children: millions had been distributed to service personnel during the war years. And in the postwar decade, adults as well as children purchased and read an outstanding 60 million comic books per month. These books treated such contemporary concerns as the atomic and hydrogen bombs, the growth of international Communism, and the Korean War, and they offered heroes and heroines to deal with such problems. In response to moral criticism leveled against comic books in 1954, the industry established a Comics Code that specified acceptable comic-book content. The code prohibited most of what had appeared in the medium prior to 1954, and what has since come to be known as the golden age of comic books came abruptly to an end. In exploring materials often dismissed as ephermeral and inconsequential, Comic Books and America reveals a great deal about the society that produced this literature and offers clues to the beliefs and attitudes of adults today, many of whom were avid readers of comic books in their formative years. inventory #16541.
