The comics scare returns : the contemporary resurgence of horror comics /
The popular horror comics of the 1950s not only frightened their readers, they also alarmed Cold War politicians who enacted the prohibitive Comics Code, sacrificing horror on the altar of good taste. Wandtke examines and explains the story of the resurgence of horror comics and introduces readers t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Rochester, New York :
RIT Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Comics studies monograph series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | The popular horror comics of the 1950s not only frightened their readers, they also alarmed Cold War politicians who enacted the prohibitive Comics Code, sacrificing horror on the altar of good taste. Wandtke examines and explains the story of the resurgence of horror comics and introduces readers to the new shape of horror comics within the American culture in the 1980s. |
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| Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 306 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781939125569 1939125561 |
