Out Sept. 15, 2013
The advent of the Atomic Age challenged purveyors of popular culture to
explain to the general public the complex scientific and social issues
of atomic power. Atomic Comics examines how comic books, comic
strips, and other cartoon media represented the Atomic Age from the
early 1920s to the present. Through the exploits of superhero figures
such as Atomic Man and Spiderman, as well as an array of nuclear
adversaries and atomic-themed adventures, the public acquired a new
scientific vocabulary and discovered the major controversies surrounding
nuclear science. Ferenc Morton Szasz’s thoughtful analysis of the
themes, content, and imagery of scores of comics that appeared largely
in the United States and Japan offers a fascinating perspective on the
way popular culture shaped American comprehension of the fissioned atom
for more than three generations.
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