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A visual history of politically incorrect comic books and comic strips. “This book will also, hopefully, scare you. We say hopefully, because hopefully they will frighten you at the thought that these images were once in fact perfectly acceptable. They were available to any child of any age with a dime, in a time when…
“This book will also, hopefully, scare you. We say hopefully, because hopefully they will frighten you at the thought that these images were once in fact perfectly acceptable. They were available to any child of any age with a dime, in a time when comic books were still sold in grocery stores, mom-and-pop convenience stores,…
No history of comics could fairly rank the milestones without first acknowledging the millstones. Who knew that iconic artists such as Jack Kirby, Bill Ward, and writer Otto Binder once conjured racist and sexist depictions of Wonder Woman, Li’l Abner, Captain Marvel, and Luke Cage? Back then, stereotypes were dynamo tropes. Since their invention, comics…
