Sawdust without butter
David Hajdu took a fascinating topic, mistitled it and mistreated it. No question that the facts are there, he somehow figured out a way to make the story of comics in the 1950s boring. He actually focuses his research on the move to ban comic books based upon their content and the supposed effect they had on young people. That IS a heck of a story. Somehow, he has drained the life out of it. And he totally ignores the fact that most of the major players, whether publishers or writers, involved here were Jewish immigrants or their children. It's a roast beef sandwich with no mustard. Read "Men of Tomorrow," by Gerard Jones, instead.