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 RIP OFF COMIX 14 THE FACE OF WAR 50 BW page comic by Rip Off Press 1987  US $8.88
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 GARTH ENNIS WAR STORY COMIC 1 VERTIGO DC CONDORSAWESOME TALES US $.40
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 THE END OF THE WAR No 2209 1988 COMMANDO COMIC 3606D US $1.55
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 Star Wars Weekly Marvel Comics 1978 issues 1 10 excellent condition US $79.98
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 VICTOR 1380 Aug 1 1987 British Comic by DC Thomson True Story of Men at War US $1.55
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 VICTOR 1378 Jul 18 1987 British Comic by DC Thomson True Story of Men at War US $1.55
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A Quick History of Comics, Part One
Anyone looking at the number of much-hyped superhero films at the box office could stake the claim comics have never been bigger, but a quick view of comic book history, however, reveals while comics have never soared to higher heights in the movie gross, this fantastic foundation has never been more unstable.
Comic books were an easy fit for 1930’s America. They were cheap, easy to produce, and even easier to sell. With large booms in pulp, radio shows and comic strips, comic books were the next logical step. It was the arrival of Superman in 1938 and Batman roughly a year later that heralded not only the rise of superheroes, but the Golden Age of Comics.
The entry of the United States into World War II didn’t halt comic book reading – if anything it accelerated it, with heroes were throwing down with the likes the Nazis and dictators even before the bombs fell upon Pearl Harbor. Once the war began, comics weren’t just morale boosters – they were part of the war effort like any other industry. Patriotic heroes like Captain America urged the purchase of war bonds, and entire runs of comics were bough from the stands and scrapped for recycling to help overseas troops. Though such sacrifices played their part in the “Greatest Generation”, they would have far-reaching ramifications on the comic industry in later generations – nearly forty years later.
The 1950’s dramatically altered the superhero landscape. Noted psychiatrist Frederic Wertham published “Seduction of the Innocent”, a book which pinned much of society’s ills on comics. He alleged Batman and Robin were homosexuals, and Wonder Woman was not only a lesbian, but also a threat to the woman’s place in the American household. Wertham’s scathing criticism caused comic book sales to plummet. Grisly horror and crime comics like Tales from the Crypt and Vault of Horror were left crippled. The entire incident culminated in a Comics Code Authority that oversaw comic book content, and as a result, comic books for the next decade were largely sanitized.
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RIP OFF COMIX 14 THE FACE OF WAR 50 BW page comic by Rip Off Press 1987 US $8.88
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GARTH ENNIS WAR STORY COMIC 1 VERTIGO DC CONDORSAWESOME TALES US $.40
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THE END OF THE WAR No 2209 1988 COMMANDO COMIC 3606D US $1.55
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Star Wars Weekly Marvel Comics 1978 issues 1 10 excellent condition US $79.98
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VICTOR 1380 Aug 1 1987 British Comic by DC Thomson True Story of Men at War US $1.55
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VICTOR 1378 Jul 18 1987 British Comic by DC Thomson True Story of Men at War US $1.55
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 VICTOR 1371 May 30 1987 British Comic by DC Thomson True Story of Men at War US $1.55
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 VICTOR 1369 May 16 1987 British Comic by DC Thomson True Story of Men at War US $1.55
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 SILENT WAR 1 MARVEL COMICS US $.99
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 WEIRD WAR TALES 1980 comic book 83 BLOOD SUCKING VAMPIRES VS NAZIS GOONS US $6.95
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 Vintage Jan 1966 CDC Comic Book War Heroes Vol117Roadblock To Bastogne Soldier US $.99
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 CIVIL WAR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FIRST PRINT NM MT MARVEL COMICS US $31.00
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 Transformers Generation 2 Vol 1 1 Comic Book War Without End US $.01
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 UZOMI STUDIO PRINCESS LEIA FROM STAR WARS ORIGINAL COMIC ART BY ROB REIS US $24.90
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 52 assorted Punisher Warzone and War Journal comics US $60.00
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 LOT OF HULK HOUSE OF M SECRET WARS ONSLAUGHT INFINITY GAUNTLET CGC COMICS US $7,000.00
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 Star Wars Figures Legacy Comic Pack 18 Montross Jaster Mereel US $17.98
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 Star Wars Figures Legacy Comic Pack 17 Baron Soontir Ysanne Isard US $16.99
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 Star Wars Figures Legacy Comic Pack 16 Deliah Blue Darth Nihl US $16.99
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 Star Wars Comic Skywalker loose offer US $.99
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