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That's a scary title just above the book the boy is holding.
I don't see any superhero books there. Must have been that period where hero comics and people with super powers were considered evil and a bad influence. Cool pic.
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I see Batman, Captain America (right by the front of his hat), All Winners, Sun Girl and a few other superhero titles.Comment
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The pic has gotta be from 1948.....Sun Girl only ran for 3 issues in '48, plus Mr. District Attorney, Annie Oakley, Vic Flint and others all debuted in 1948.Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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The titles all stacked alphabetically (sort of)....you can spot Adventure Comics, All-Winners, Airboy, Batman, Black Cat, Captain America, Modern Comics (home of Blackhawk), Miss America, Master Comics (home of Captain Marvel Jr.), Sun Girl, Human Torch (either they listed it under "T" for The or Torch
), Wonder Woman and Whiz (home of Captain Marvel)
There's quite a few Western titles and score of humor/teen/funny animal comics. A lot of variety there....
No horror titles though of the EC kind....those wouldn't hit for another two years....Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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Oh... and Wertham's book didn't cause chaos on the newstands until 1953/54...so the perceived lack of super-hero titles has nothing to do with the panic he caused later on with his assumptions that comic books were the root of all evil and juvenile delinquency. More than likely, super-heroes, like other trends at the time were on a slight downward spiral...the Golden Age was winding down and there was a new sheriff in town, so to speak with the rise of the TV cowboy...Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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I was thinking 40's too. I think All Winners only lasted until the late 40's.Comment
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>super-heroes, like other trends at the time were on a slight downward spiral
There was a dip right after the war, and it wasn't slight. The mainstays remained, but the zillion clones went by the wayside. Comics got a boost from the EC stuff, but superheroes didn't really come back to the fore until the first Marvel books of the early 60's.
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Somebody show that pic to DC and Marvel. They really need to get affordable comics back out in the world and in the hands of casual buyers.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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I see Detective Comics 137 on the top shelf so July 1948
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I'd credit DC with the Super Hero revival. It was slow going, from Showcase#4 in 1956 to Flash#105 in 1959, but once Flash got his title back you shortly had GL debut and get his own title, along with JLA beginning. Marvel took note, and Goodman told Lee to come up with a team, thus the FF.There was a dip right after the war, and it wasn't slight. The mainstays remained, but the zillion clones went by the wayside. Comics got a boost from the EC stuff, but superheroes didn't really come back to the fore until the first Marvel books of the early 60's.
ChrisComment
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Hard to believe how much rack-space they gave to comics back then!
I don't think you'd ever see that these days outside of a comic shop.Comment
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anybody else see gay comics?
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