ISBN-13
9780313296789
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Publication Date
30 July 1996
Age Range
NA - NA years
Dimensions
21.77 x 14.63 x 1.93 CM
Shipping Weight
0.36 Kg
Pages
176
Language
English
Grade Level
NA - NA
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.