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The Ten-Cent Plague

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If you are interested in what ruined comics and left us with ‘decades of censorship and wimpy white-bread superheroes cast as role models for the youth of America’ David Hajdu’s new book ‘The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America’ might be worth getting. This New Yorker review by Louis Menand is worth a read.

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3 Responses to “The Ten-Cent Plague”

  1. PMC
    March 28th, 2008 11:30
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    Its also worth checking out Ron Manns Comic Book Confidential, theres loads of interviews with all including one with William M Gains (EC Godfather).

  2. BRENB
    March 28th, 2008 17:44
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    yeah i second that, great movie. i really love the covers for these comics.

  3. Johnny
    March 31st, 2008 13:23
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    I spent a lare portion of my SSIA on the hardback complete collections of these-Vault of Horror, tales Form The Crypt and the Haunt of fear. If we ever get another government savings scheme I’m getting the Crime, War and sci-fi ones too :)