Comics and Conflict

Description:

This book looks at how specific comic books of the war genre have been used to display patriotism, adventure through war stories, and eventually to tell of the horrors of combat -- from World War II through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan in the first decade of the twenty-first century. This book also examines how war- and patriotically-themed comics evolved from soldier-drawn reflections of society, eventually developing along with the broader comic book medium into a mirror of American society during times of conflict.

subjects: Second World War,  World War II,  Comic books and strips,  Comic strips,  Comics,  Comic books,  Propaganda,  War and society,  World war, 1939-1945, social aspects,  World War, 1939-1945,  History,  Superheroes,  Military history,  World War (1939-1945),  War comics

People: 1939-1945,  1945-1962,  1962-1991,  1991-2001,  2001-2003,  2003-2010

Places: United States

Times: 1939-1945