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Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 0-313-29678-2 BibTeX citation key: Vance1996 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: American Comics Group, Historical account, Publishing, USA Creators: Vance Publisher: Greenwood (Westport) |
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A comprehensive history of a small, but important, comic book publisher, this work reflects the reading tastes of tens of millions of Americans during the Golden and Silver ages of comics (1934–1970). The earlier Sangor “Shop” reinvented itself as the American Comics Group and by 1967 had published over one thousand issues. ACG was a microcosm of the larger industry, publishing magazines in every major comic book genre. Best known titles include “Herbie” and “Forbidden Worlds”. It was ACG’s “Adventures into the Unknown” that sparked a new genre—horror—which led to the Comics Code Authority, and industry-wide “self” censorship. Table of Contents Preface (ix) 1. Happy Birthday to Hughes (1) Appendix 1: Sangor Shop and American Comics Group Personnel (129) Selected and Annotated Bibliography (155) |