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American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s

Jason Sacks author Keith Dallas author Keith Dallas editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:TwoMorrows Publishing

Published:17th May '22

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  • The American Comic Book Chronicles continues its ambitious series offull-color hardcovers, where TwoMorrows' top authors document every decade ofcomic book history from the 1940s to today! Jason Sacks and Keith Dallascoordinate this volume on the 1970s, covering all the pivotal moments andbehind-the-scenes details of the emerging Bronze Age of comics! You'll get ayear-by-year account of the most significant publications, notable creators, andimpactful trends, including: the dawn of relevance with Denny O'Neil and NealAdams' Green Lantern! Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga! Revisions tothe Comics Code that opens the floodgates for monsters and the supernatural!Jenette Kahn's arrival at DC and the subsequent DC Implosion! The coming of JimShooter and the Direct Market! Taken together, American Comic BookChronicles forms a cohesive, linear overview of the entire landscape ofcomics history, sure to be an invaluable resource for ANY comic bookenthusiast!

ISBN: 9781605490564

Dimensions: 279mm x 229mm x 25mm

Weight: 1293g

240 pages