The advent of the Atomic Age challenged purveyors of popular
culture to explain to the general public the complex scientific and
social issues of atomic power. "Atomic Comics" examines how comic
books, comic strips, and other cartoon media represented the Atomic
Age from the early 1920s to the present. Through the exploits of
superhero figures such as Atomic Man and Spiderman, as well as an
array of nuclear adversaries and atomic-themed adventures, the
public acquired a new scientific vocabulary and discovered the
major controversies surrounding nuclear science. Ferenc Morton
Szasz's thoughtful analysis of the themes, content, and imagery of
scores of comics that appeared largely in the United States and
Japan offers a fascinating perspective on the way popular culture
shaped American comprehension of the fissioned atom for more than
three generations.
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