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Wright, Bradford W. Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. 336 pp. ISBN 080186514X (hc). Paperback New edition: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. ISBN 0801874505.

[Contents from the original hardcover edition.]

Preface ... ix
Introduction ... xiii
  1. Superheroes for the Common Man: The Birth of the Comic Book Industry, 1933-1941 ... 2
  2. Race, Politics, and Propaganda: Comic Books Go to War, 1939-1945 ... 30
  3. Confronting Success: Comic Books and Postwar America, 1945-1950 ... 56
  4. Youth Crisis: Comic Books and Controversy, 1947-1950 ... 86
  5. Reds, Romance, and Renegades: Comic Books and the Cyulture of the Cold War, 1947-1954 ... 109
  6. Turning Point: Comic Books in Crisis, 1954-1955 ... 154
  7. Great Power and Great Responsibility: Superheroes in a Superpower, 1956-1967 ... 180
  8. Questioning Authority: Comic Books and Cultural Change, 1968-1979 ... 226
  9. Direct to the Fans: The Comic Book Industry Since 1980 ... 254
Epilogue: The Death of Superman, or, Must There Be a Comic Book Industry? ... 282
Notes ... 287
Notes on Sources ... 323
Index ... 331



Reviews:
  • Cave. Damien. [review.] Salon.com, 25 May 2001. [read text - registration required]
  • Drabelle, Dennis. "Amazing Adventures." Washington Post Book World April 8, 2001: BW05.
  • Swanson, Peter. "Maus Culture." [review essay of Comic Book Nation and Joe Sacco, Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995.] Atlantic Unbound: Crosscurrents, March 29, 2001. [read text]
  • Wolf-Meyer, Matthew. [review.] Reconstruction 1.1 (Fall 2001). on-line



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