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Comic Book Nation SC (2001 Johns Hopkins University ) comic books 1999-2001

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comic Book Nation SC (2001 Johns Hopkins University ) 1-1ST

    1st printing. By Bradford W. Wright. An engaging, illuminating, and provocative history of comic books as both a medium of artistic expression and an industry, Comic Book Nation traces the ways in which comic books have reflected national events and attitudes. This paperback edition features a new postscript scribed by author Wright detailing industry developments in the 1990s as well as a new chapter - "Spider-Man at Ground Zero" - exploring the response of comic book artists to the 9/11 tragedy. Softcover, 352 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations and photos). Cover price $19.95.