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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://pcc.worldcat.org/oclc/243544425 Title: The ten-cent plague : the great comic-book scare and how it changed America Author: David Hajdu Publisher: New York : Picador, 2009. ISBN/ISSN: 9780312428235 0312428235 9780312428235 OCLC:243544425

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The ten-cent plague : the great comic-book scare and how it changed America

Author:	David Hajdu
Publisher:	New York : Picador, 2009.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : 1st Picador edView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	"In the years between World War II and the mid-1950s, the popular culture of today was invented in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. But no sooner had comics emerged than they were beaten down by mass bonfires, congressional hearings, and a McCarthyish panic over their unmonitored and uncensored content."--Cover, p.4.

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Title:	The ten-cent plague : the great comic-book scare and how it changed America /
Database Name:	WorldCat
All Authors / Contributors:	David Hajdu Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780312428235; 0312428235; 9780312428235
Notes:	Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-412) and index. Content: Society iss nix -- It was work -- Crime pays -- Youth in crisis -- Puddles of blood -- Then let us commit them -- Woofer and tweeter -- Love--LOVE--LOVE!! -- New trend -- Humor in a jugular vein -- Panic -- The triumph of Dr. Payn -- What are we afraid of? -- We've had it! -- Murphy's law -- Out of the frying pan and into the soup.
Description:	434 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents:	Society iss nix -- It was work -- Crime pays -- Youth in crisis -- Puddles of blood -- Then let us commit them -- Woofer and tweeter -- Love--LOVE--LOVE!! -- New trend -- Humor in a jugular vein -- Panic -- The triumph of Dr. Payn -- What are we afraid of? -- We've had it! -- Murphy's law -- Out of the frying pan and into the soup.
Responsibility:	David Hajdu.
Year:	2009.
Publisher:	New York : Picador,
Standard Numbers:	National Library: 015271760
Class Descriptors:	LC Class No.: PN6725; Dewey No.: 302.23/2
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OCLC No.:	243544425

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"In the years between World War II and the mid-1950s, the popular culture of today was invented in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. But no sooner had comics emerged than they were beaten down by mass bonfires, congressional hearings, and a McCarthyish panic over their unmonitored and uncensored content."--Cover, p.4.

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