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Author Wright, Bradford W., 1968-

Title Comic book nation : the transformation of youth culture in America / Bradford W. Wright.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2001]
©2001

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  741.5 WRI    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  741.5 Q WRIGHT    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  741.3 WRI    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  741.50973 WRIGHT    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  741.5 WRIGHT    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  741.5097 WRIGHT    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  741.5 WR    Check Shelf
Description xix, 336 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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 -- Death of Superman, or, must there be a comic book industry?
Summary 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. The author offers a history of the comic book industry within the context of twentieth-century American society.
Subject Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Comic books and children -- United States.
ISBN 080186514X alkaline paper
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