From comics to comic books (1842 1936)
The beginnings of an industry: comics magazines
(1936 1940)
Comic books at war (1940 1945)
Ever more the apogee and the fall (1945 1954)
Decline and rebirth (1955 1962)
The age of innovation (1963 1969)
Research and development by trial and error
(1969 1979)
The recovery of the 1980s (1980 1993)
The end of a century and the beginning of a new century (1993- ) production
The business of comic books
The creators
The readers
Calls for censorship
Internal consecration
External consecration
Conclusion
Self-regulating codes of the comic book industry.
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Of comics and men : a cultural history of American comic books by Jean-Paul Gabilliet. ISBN 9781604732672. Published by University Press of Mississippi in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
