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The Ten-Cent Plague
The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

By Hajdu, David

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ISBN: 0374187673 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Published: Mar 18 2008 Pages: 434 Weight: 1.50lbs. Height: 9.00" Width: 6.25" Depth: 1.25" Language: English

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A vivid study of the lost world of comic books examines the influence of this pulpy, lavishly illustrated medium on the evolution of American popular culture in the wake of World War II and before the emergence of television as a mass medium, focusing on the battle against comic books by church grou...

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A vivid study of the lost world of comic books examines the influence of this pulpy, lavishly illustrated medium on the evolution of American popular culture in the wake of World War II and before the emergence of television as a mass medium, focusing on the battle against comic books by church groups, community elite, academics, and a right-wing Congress.