The American Comic Book Chronicles continues its ambitious series of FULL-COLOR HARDCOVERS, where TwoMorrows' top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today! At long last, this 1945-49 volume covers the comic book industry during the aftermath of World War II, when scores of writers and artists returned from foreign battlefields to resume their careers. It was a period when readers began turning away from the escapist entertainment offered by super-heroes in favor of other genres, like the grittier, more brutal crime comics. It was a time when Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created Young Romance, inaugurating a golden age of romance comics. And it was during this five-year period that Timely and National Comics capitalized on the popularity of Westerns, that Bill Gaines plotted a new course for EC Comics in the wake of his father's death, and that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster first sued for the rights to Superman. These are just a few of the events chronicled in this exhaustive, full-color hardcover, further documenting the ACBC series' cohesive, linear overview of the entire landscape of comics history! By Richard J. Arndt and Kurt F. Mitchell, with Keith Dallas.
ISBN: | 9781605490991 |
Publication date: | 2nd April 2024 |
Author: | Richard J Arndt, Kurt F Mitchell, Keith Dallas |
Publisher: | TwoMorrows an imprint of TwoMorrows Publishing |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 288 pages |
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Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Reference, guides and reviews Antiques, vintage and collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera and printed matter |