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American Comic Book Chronicles: 1945-1949

American Comic Book Chronicles: 1945-1949

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  • Release Date: 17/12/2024
  • Barcode: 9781605490991
  • Genre: Entertainment & The Arts
  • Sub-Genre: Art & Photography
American Comic Book Chronicles: 1945-1949

American Comic Book Chronicles: 1945-1949

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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! Edited by Keith Dallas and John Wells.



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  • Contributor: Keith Dallas (Edited by), Joe Simon (By (artist)), Jack Kirby (By (artist)), Bill Gaines (By (artist)), John Wells (Edited by)
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