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Men of tomorrow : geeks, gangsters and the birth of the comic book / Gerard Jones.
LIBRA - Special PN6725 .J66 2004b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Gerard, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--United States--History and criticism.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- United States.
- Cartoonists--United States--Biography.
- Cartoonists.
- Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xi, 350 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Advanced reader's edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2004]
- Summary:
- This full-scale history of superhero comic books reveals how ambitious crooks and adolescent dreamers created a new art form and forever changed the entertainment business in America. 12 halftones.
- Contents:
- Secret identity
- The street
- The other world
- The long party
- The perfect man
- New fun
- Action
- American boys
- High times
- The whirlwind
- Wars
- True crime
- Collision course
- Silent partners
- New owners
- Continuity.
- Notes:
- "Advance reader's copy"--Cover.
- "Advance reader's copy from Basic Books"--P. [4] of cover.
- OCLC:
- 56483320
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