A Complete History of American Comic Books

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A Complete History of American Comic Books is written by Shirrel Rhoades and published by Peter Lang. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1433101076 (ISBN 10) and 9781433101076 (ISBN 13).

This book is an updated history of the American comic book by an industry insider. You'll follow the development of comics from the first appearance of the comic book format in the Platinum Age of the 1930s to the creation of the superhero genre in the Golden Age, to the current period, where comics flourish as graphic novels and blockbuster movies. Along the way you will meet the hustlers, hucksters, hacks, and visionaries who made the American comic book what it is today. It's an exciting journey, filled with mutants, changelings, atomized scientists, gamma-ray accidents, and supernaturally empowered heroes and villains who challenge the imagination and spark the secret identities lurking within us.