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Comic book nation : the transformation of youth culture in America

Print Book, English, 2003
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md., 2003
History
xix, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780801874505, 0801874505
1002160696
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, 1980-1992
Epilogue : The death of Superman, or, Must there be a comic book industry?
Spider-Man at Ground Zero : a 9-11 postscript