Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History
- ISBN-10
- 1888054387
- ISBN-13
- 9781888054385
- Category
- Comic book covers
- Pages
- 204
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Collectors Press, Inc.
- Author
- Ron Goulart
Description
Provides a concise history of the comic book business from its shaky beginnings in the early 1930s to its multimillion-dollar success during World War II, and includes cover illustrations from the middle 1930s to the late 1940s.
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