{"product_id":"american-comic-book-chronicles-hardcover-1945-1949","title":"American Comic Book Chronicles  | Hardcover 1945-1949","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe American Comic Book Chronicles continues its ambitious series of FULL-COLOR HARDCOVERS, where TwoMorrows' top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today! At long last, this 1945-49 volume covers the comic book industry during the aftermath of World War II, when scores of writers and artists returned from foreign battlefields to resume their careers. It was a period when readers began turning away from the escapist entertainment offered by super-heroes in favor of other genres, like the grittier, more brutal crime comics. It was a time when Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created Young Romance, inaugurating a golden age of romance comics. And it was during this five-year period that Timely and National Comics capitalized on the popularity of Westerns, that Bill Gaines plotted a new course for EC Comics in the wake of his father's death, and that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster first sued for the rights to Superman. These are just a few of the events chronicled in this exhaustive, full-color hardcover, further documenting the ACBC series' cohesive, linear overview of the entire landscape of comics history! Edited by Keith Dallas and John Wells.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtists \u0026amp; Writers:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(W) Keith Dallas (A\/CA) Various\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"TwoMorrows Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44159064473791,"sku":"0125TM909","price":96.65,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/5393cd7d-2803-4c19-a32a-24393128be8f.jpg?v=1743017055","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/american-comic-book-chronicles-hardcover-1945-1949","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}