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Korean War comic books /

Comic books have presented fictional and fact-based stories of the Korean War, as it was being fought and afterward. Comparing these comics with events that inspired them offers a deeper understanding of the comics industry, America's "forgotten war" and the anti-comics movement, cham...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rifas, Leonard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021].
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > United States > History > 20th century.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Comics and the war.
Censorship > United States > History > 20th century.
War in comics.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Comic books and the Korean War
  • Introduction
  • Realism, harm, and responsibility
  • The business
  • Strips
  • World War II comic books
  • Harvey Kurtzman
  • Critics
  • Part II: The Korean War in comic books
  • Origins of the Korean War
  • Spies
  • African Americans
  • Germs
  • Brainwashing
  • POW!
  • Griping against the war
  • Atrocities
  • Politics
  • The bomb
  • Subversive comics
  • The Korean War in comics since 1953
  • Conclusion.