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Nolan, Michelle. Archie’s Rivals in Teen Comics, 1940s–1970s: An Illustrated History. Jefferson: McFarland, 2020. Added by: joachim (8/19/20, 10:44 AM) Last edited by: joachim (3/30/22, 8:00 PM) |
Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 978-1-4766-7758-3 BibTeX citation key: Nolan2020 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: Children’s and young adults’ comics, Historical account, Illustrated text, USA Creators: Nolan Publisher: McFarland (Jefferson) |
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This is the first book to comprehensively examine the multitude of non-Archie teen humor comic books, including girls and boys such as Patsy Walker, Hedy Wolfe, Buzz Baxter and Wendy Parker from Marvel; Judy Foster, Buzzy, Binky and Scribbly from DC; Candy from Quality Comics; and Hap Hazard from Ace Comics. It covers, often for the first time, the history of the characters, who drew them, why (or why not) they succeeded as rivals for the Archie Series, highlights of both unusual and typical stories and much more. The author provides major plotlines and a history of the development of each series. Much has been written about the Archie characters, but until now very little has been told about most of their many comic book competitors.
Table of Contents Preface (1) Section I: Overview: The 1940s (7) Section II: The 1950s (111) Section III: Introduction: The 1960s and 1970s (197) Appendix: Teen Humor Comics Outside the Archie Universe, 1940s to 1970s (237) Added by: joachim Last edited by: joachim |