The Ten-Cent Plague
The Ten-Cent Plague2008
The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
About this book
An informal and personal description of the rise and fall of comic books in the '40s and '50s, with a focus on the Educational Comics (E.C.) company run by Gains, father then son (M.C. then William). The fall came in two steps, the first in the '40s and aimed at crime comics, and the second in the '50s and aimed at almost all comics, but with emphasis on horror comics.
Details
- First published
- 2008
- OL Work ID
- OL2972637W
Subjects
Comic books, stripsSocial aspects of Comic books, strips, etc.HistoryPopular CultureHistory and criticismComic books, strips, etc.Literature and societyPopular culture, united statesNew York Times reviewedSocial aspectsComic books, strips, etc., history and criticism