Further Reading

Crist, Judith. “Horror in the Nursery.” Collier’s. Volume 131, Number 13, (March 27 1948): pp 22-23, 95-97.

Wertham, Fredric. Seduction of the Innocent: The influence of comic books on today’s youth. New York: Reinhart & Company, Inc., 1954.

Jacobs, Frank. The MAD World of William M. Gaines. New York: Bantam Books. 1973.

Estren, Mark James. A History of Underground Comics, New York: Straight Arrow Books/Simon and Schuster, 1974; revised ed., Ronin publishing, 1992.

Nyberg, Amy Kiste. Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code, University Press of Mississippi. 1998.

Duin, Steve. Richardson, Mike. Comics: Between the Panels. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Comics Inc. 1998

Wright, Bradford. Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America, Johns Hopkins University Press. 2001.

Rosenkranz, Patrick. Rebel Visions: the Underground Comix Revolution,1963-1975. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books. 2002.

Levin, Bob. The Pirates and the Mouse. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books. 2003.

Jones, Gerard. Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, gangsters, and the birth of the comic book. New York: Basic Books. 2004.

Howe, Sean. (Ed.). Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers! Writers on comics. New York: Pantheon Books. 2004.

Beaty, Bart. Fredric Wertham and the Critique of Mass Culture. University Press of Mississippi. 2005.

Wolk, Douglas. Reading Comics: How graphic novels work and what they mean. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. 2007.

Hajdu, David. The Ten-Cent Plague: The great comic-book scare and how it changed America. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. 2008.

Morrison, Grant. Supergods: What masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from smallville can teach us about being human. New York: Spiegel and Grau. 2011.

Van Lente, Fred. Dunlavey, Ryan. Comic Book History of Comics. San Diego, CA: Idea and Design Works, LLC. 2012.

Howe, Sean. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. New York: Harper Collins. 2012.