TY - BOOK AU - Wright,Bradford W. ED - Johns Hopkins University. TI - Comic book nation: the transformation of youth culture in America SN - 0801874505 AV - PN6725 .W74 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Baltimore, Md., London PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Comic books and children N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-337) and index; -- Superheroes for the common man : the birth of the comic book industry, 1933-1941; -- Race, politics, and propaganda : comic books go to war, 1939-1945; -- Confronting success : comic books and postwar America, 1945-1950; -- Youth crisis : comic books and controversy, 1947-1950; -- Reds, romance, and renegades : comic books and the culture of the Cold War, 1947-1954; -- Turning point : comic books in crisis, 1954-1955; -- Great power and great responsibility : superheroes in a superpower, 1956-1967; -- Questioning authority : comic books and cultural change, 1968-1979; -- Direct to the fans : the comic book industry, 1980-1992; -- Epilogue : The death of Superman, or, Must there be a comic book industry?; -- Spider-Man at Ground Zero : a 9-11 postscript ER -