The sales of comic books increased markedly during World War II. They were cheap, portable and had inspirational, patriotic stories of good triumphing over evil. The tales very much reflected the ...

During the Great Depression ... of Superman took the comic world by storm and hastened the comic books’ entrance into World War II. An immigrant, like many Americans, Superman and his alter ...

Harold Straubing was a writer and comics editor. During World War II, he was a scriptwriter for the character "Private Snafu". He was editor for the Herald Tribune Syndicate and for AP Newsfeatures in ...