The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America

David Hajdu

448 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction comics history adventurous slow-paced

Description

When we picture the 1950s, we hear the sound of early rock and roll. The Ten-Cent Plague shows how -- years before music -- comics brought on a clash between children and their parents, between prewar and postwar standards. Created by outsiders fr...

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