Comic Book Century HC
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Superman, Wonder Woman, Archie, the X-Men…for each generation of Americans, there is a comic book hero. Comic books have been a part of popular culture in the United States since the 1930s. With roots in the everyday world of newspapers, comic books have remained uniquely familiar to and in touch with all types and ages of readers. From the Great Depression, through World War II and the Baby Boom, through the counterculture revolution, and into the new millennium, comic books have tracked readers' moods, attitudes, and interests. And as mainstream American society grows more diverse, the characters, stories, and formats of comic books change too. The comic book universe's vast array of superheroes and antiheroes, hard-boiled detectives and goofy teenagers, talking animals and mythical creatures express readers' fears, dreams, and senses of humor. COMIC BOOK CENTURY uses newspaper articles, historical overviews, and personal interviews to tell the extraordinary story of American comic books and graphic novels.
