1948-1949 represent the peak years for the Promise Collection in terms of volume. The young fan who started collecting comic books at the age of eight years old in 1939 would've turned 19 in 1950 — a ...

The 1950s was a time of transition for DC Comics. The comic book industry needed to evolve to remain relevant and to adjust to the rising restrictions on how much violence and other adult themes could ...

The fear of the power of books — the ideas they explore and the influence they have, particularly as that relates to children — shows up again and again. The most recent examples that come to mind ...

According to this comic, by 2010, students would have intellectual freedom. (ll images via ChinaSmack, originally posted on Sina Weibo) LOS ANGELES — Ah, the 1950s. Here in America, it was the peak of ...

During a televised hearing on April 21, 1955, U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver held up a comic book to the cameras. Its cover depicted an ax-wielding man holding a woman’s severed head. Kefauver, who was ...

Iconic denim brand Wrangler is going back to its roots with a reissue of some of its archival designs. The collection includes a colorful Cowboy Cut Comic Book jean and jacket that “takes inspiration ...

Put on the spot by a New York Herald Tribune reporter in the aftermath of one of his comic book titles having been banned by the Detroit Police Department, Magazine Enterprises editor Raymond C. Krank ...

“Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story” is a 67-year-old colorful comic book still making an impact across the globe today. At cross-cultural gatherings in Bethlehem, West Bank, groups of ...

(RNS) — At cross-cultural gatherings in Bethlehem, West Bank, groups of children and adults turn to a 67-year-old, colorful comic book with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s image on its cover, his ...

An interfaith group’s 1950s MLK comic book remains a prominent nonviolence teaching tool “Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story” continues to be a nonviolence teaching tool and an influential ...