The Comic Cavalcade Archives

The Comic Cavalcade Archives
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Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105126890198
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Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Comic Cavalcade Archives by : DC Comics, Inc

From Comics' Golden Age, a collection of one of comics' premier anthology titles! Never before have these comics been reprinted, making this volume a must-have for all collectors. Featured within are stories of Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Wildcat, Black Pirate, Ghost Patrol and many more! Included in this volume is an introduction by movie producer Michael Uslan (Batman films).

The DC Comics Rarities Archives

The DC Comics Rarities Archives
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Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000058631744
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Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis The DC Comics Rarities Archives by :

Reprinting for the first time some of DC Comics' rarest publictions from the Golden Age of comics, including three early anthology titles in their entirety. Features appearances by virtually every Golden Age hero: Superman, Batman, Wonder, Sandman, Hawkman, Scribbly, The Atom, Wildcat and more. An action-packed adventure, this volume of classic tales is sure to entertain!

Pulp Empire

Pulp Empire
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9780226829463
ISBN-13 : 0226829464
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Pulp Empire by : Paul S. Hirsch

Winner of the Popular Culture Association's Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Book in Popular or American Culture In the 1940s and ’50s, comic books were some of the most popular—and most unfiltered—entertainment in the United States. Publishers sold hundreds of millions of copies a year of violent, racist, and luridly sexual comics to Americans of all ages until a 1954 Senate investigation led to a censorship code that nearly destroyed the industry. But this was far from the first time the US government actively involved itself with comics—it was simply the most dramatic manifestation of a long, strange relationship between high-level policy makers and a medium that even artists and writers often dismissed as a creative sewer. In Pulp Empire, Paul S. Hirsch uncovers the gripping untold story of how the US government both attacked and appropriated comic books to help wage World War II and the Cold War, promote official—and clandestine—foreign policy and deflect global critiques of American racism. As Hirsch details, during World War II—and the concurrent golden age of comic books—government agencies worked directly with comic book publishers to stoke hatred for the Axis powers while simultaneously attempting to dispel racial tensions at home. Later, as the Cold War defense industry ballooned—and as comic book sales reached historic heights—the government again turned to the medium, this time trying to win hearts and minds in the decolonizing world through cartoon propaganda. Hirsch’s groundbreaking research weaves together a wealth of previously classified material, including secret wartime records, official legislative documents, and caches of personal papers. His book explores the uneasy contradiction of how comics were both vital expressions of American freedom and unsettling glimpses into the national id—scourged and repressed on the one hand and deployed as official propaganda on the other. Pulp Empire is a riveting illumination of underexplored chapters in the histories of comic books, foreign policy, and race.

Providence Compendium

Providence Compendium
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Publisher : Avatar Press
Total Pages : 480
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ISBN-10 : 1592913393
ISBN-13 : 9781592913398
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Providence Compendium by : Alan Moore

Finally, the complete Alan Moore masterpiece in one480 page tome - the PROVIDENCE COMPENDIUM! Providence is Alan Moore'squintessential horror series! In it, he weaves and reinvents the works of H.P.Lovecraft through historical events. It is both a sequel and prequel toNeonomicon. The PROVIDENCE COMPENDIUM is the complete series, all twelveissues by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows, in one 480 pagevolume.

Hawkeye Vol. 1

Hawkeye Vol. 1
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Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Total Pages : 138
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ISBN-10 : 9781302367749
ISBN-13 : 1302367749
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Hawkeye Vol. 1 by : Matt Fraction

Collects Hawkeye #1-5 & Young Avengers Presents #6.ÿ The breakout star of this summer's blockbuster Avengers film, Clint Barton - aka the self-made hero Hawkeye - fights for justice! With ex-Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, he's out to prove himself as one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes! SHIELD recruits Clint to intercept a packet of incriminating evidence - before he becomes the most wanted man in the world.

Wonder Woman (1942-) #1

Wonder Woman (1942-) #1
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Publisher : DC Comics
Total Pages : 56
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ISBN-10 : PKEY:T0854300015001
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Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Wonder Woman (1942-) #1 by : William Moulton Marston

Learn the secret origin of Wonder Woman—how she was created and how she became the Amazons' champion in Man's World! Includes four stories starring the Amazon Princess, written by Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston.

American Comics: A History

American Comics: A History
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 593
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ISBN-10 : 9780393635614
ISBN-13 : 0393635619
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis American Comics: A History by : Jeremy Dauber

The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination. Comics have conquered America. From our multiplexes, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among the most popular in cable history, to convention halls, best-seller lists, Pulitzer Prize–winning titles, and MacArthur Fellowship recipients, comics shape American culture, in ways high and low, superficial, and deeply profound. In American Comics, Columbia professor Jeremy Dauber takes readers through their incredible but little-known history, starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting and iconic images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus; the golden age of newspaper comic strips and the first great superhero boom; the moral panic of the Eisenhower era, the Marvel Comics revolution, and the underground comix movement of the 1960s and ’70s; and finally into the twenty-first century, taking in the grim and gritty Dark Knights and Watchmen alongside the brilliant rise of the graphic novel by acclaimed practitioners like Art Spiegelman and Alison Bechdel. Dauber’s story shows not only how comics have changed over the decades but how American politics and culture have changed them. Throughout, he describes the origins of beloved comics, champions neglected masterpieces, and argues that we can understand how America sees itself through whose stories comics tell. Striking and revelatory, American Comics is a rich chronicle of the last 150 years of American history through the lens of its comic strips, political cartoons, superheroes, graphic novels, and more. FEATURING… • American Splendor • Archie • The Avengers • Kyle Baker • Batman • C. C. Beck • Black Panther • Captain America • Roz Chast • Walt Disney • Will Eisner • Neil Gaiman • Bill Gaines • Bill Griffith • Harley Quinn • Jack Kirby • Denis Kitchen • Krazy Kat • Harvey Kurtzman • Stan Lee • Little Orphan Annie • Maus • Frank Miller • Alan Moore • Mutt and Jeff • Gary Panter • Peanuts • Dav Pilkey • Gail Simone • Spider-Man • Superman • Dick Tracy • Wonder Wart-Hog • Wonder Woman • The Yellow Kid • Zap Comix … AND MANY MORE OF YOUR FAVORITES!

Comic Cavalcade (1942-) #8

Comic Cavalcade (1942-) #8
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Publisher : DC Comics
Total Pages : 74
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ISBN-10 : PKEY:T1238900085001
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Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Comic Cavalcade (1942-) #8 by : William Moulton Marston

Wonder Woman is drugged by gangsters, and that night she dreams that she has lost her Amazon powers, so she agrees to marry Steve. But before the vows are completed, she wakes up, and rushes to save Steve from the gangsters who drugged her.

Comic Cavalcade (1942-) #13

Comic Cavalcade (1942-) #13
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Publisher : DC Comics
Total Pages : 68
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ISBN-10 : PKEY:T1238900135001
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Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Comic Cavalcade (1942-) #13 by : Joye Murchison

Racketeers kidnap the Captain of a water polo team and force them to play dirty against the team of Etta Candy. Wonder Woman intervenes and is captured with her lasso, has her bracelets removed, and is placed in Etta's polo team bus, and then buried in quicklime.

Eerie Archives Volume 21

Eerie Archives Volume 21
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Publisher : Dark Horse Books
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9781616558963
ISBN-13 : 1616558962
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Eerie Archives Volume 21 by :

Presents classic stories from the horror comics magazine Eerie featuring artwork and stories from such comics legends as Archie Goodwin, Gene Colan, Steve Ditko, Gray Morrow, Neal Adams, and Frank Frazetta.