A Complete History of American Comic Books

A Complete History of American Comic Books
By:"Shirrel Rhoades"
Published on 2008-01-01 by Peter Lang

This book is an updated history of the American comic book by an industry insider. You'll follow the development of comics from the first appearance of the comic book format in the Platinum Age of the 1930s to the creation of the superhero genre in the Golden Age, to the current period, where comics flourish as graphic novels and blockbuster movies. Along the way you will meet the hustlers, hucksters, hacks, and visionaries who made the American comic book what it is today. It's an exciting journey, filled with mutants, changelings, atomized scientists, gamma-ray accidents, and supernaturally empowered heroes and villains who challenge the imagination and spark the secret identities lurking within us.

This Book was ranked 2 by Google Books for keyword comics books.

Ron Goulart's great history of comic books

Ron Goulart's great history of comic books
By:"Ron Goulart"
Published on 1986-09 by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary

Looks at individual publishers, comic book genres, characters, and trends in comic book stories and artwork

This Book was ranked 20 by Google Books for keyword comics books.

Aspects and Issues in the History of Children's Literature

Aspects and Issues in the History of Children's Literature
By:"Maria Nikolajeva"
Published on 1995-01-01 by Greenwood Publishing Group

Scholars from 10 countries address children's literature as a literary art form and provide an international perspective on its history and evolution.

This Book was ranked 12 by Google Books for keyword children literature.

Comic Books as History

Comic Books as History
By:"Joseph Witek"
Published on 1989 by Univ. Press of Mississippi

Describes changing public attitudes towards comic books

This Book was ranked 5 by Google Books for keyword comics books.