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Comic Book Apocalypse!: The Death of Pre-Code Comics and Why It Happened, 1940-1955

Contributor(s): Hogan, David J (Author), Thompson, Maggie (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9780764369599

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

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Pub Date: September 28, 2025

Dewey: 741.5973

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 11.14" L x 9.97" W ( 3.58 lbs) 256 pages

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Description: Explore the rise and fall of pre-Code comics with 500 covers revealing America's cultural shifts, censorship, and controversy.

Brief description: David J. Hogan has collected and thought about comic books since 1965. Following experience as an entertainment journalist in Los Angeles, he settled in Chicago, where he worked in the book business as an executive editor and publisher. His articles have appeared in magazines as diverse as Comic Book Creator, Moviegoer, Aviation History, Filmfax, Collectible Automobile, and Cinefantastique. Comic Book Apocalypse is his 11th book. He live in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

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