American Comic Book Chronicles: 1945-1949

The American Comic Book Chronicles continues its ambitious series of FULL-COLOR HARDCOVERS, where TwoMorrows' top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today! At long last, this 1945-49 volume covers the comic book industry during the aftermath of World War II, when scores of writers and artists returned from foreign battlefields to resume their careers. It was a period when readers began turning away from the escapist entertainment offered by super-heroes in favor of other genres, like the grittier, more brutal crime comics. It was a time when Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created Young Romance, inaugurating a golden age of romance comics. And it was during this five-year period that Timely and National Comics capitalized on the popularity of Westerns, that Bill Gaines plotted a new course for EC Comics in the wake of his father’s death, and that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster first sued for the rights to Superman. These are just a few of the events chronicled in this exhaustive, full-color hardcover, further documenting the ACBC series' cohesive, linear overview of the entire landscape of comics history! By Richard J. Arndt and Kurt F. Mitchell, with Keith Dallas.

General

Imprint:	Two Morrows Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2024
Authors:	Richard Arndt • Kurt F. Mitchell • Keith Dallas
Editors:	Keith Dallas
Visual artists:	Joe Simon • Jack Kirby • Bill Gaines
Dimensions:	279 x 203mm (L x W)
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-60549-099-1
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-60549-099-7
Barcode:	9781605490991

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