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Brenda Starr: The Complete Pre-Code Comic Books Volume 2

Jerry Iger Studio author Dale Messick author Daniel Herman editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Hermes Press

Published:29th Dec '15

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  • Before Fredric Wertham and The Seduction of the Innocent (SOTI),before the Kefauver Hearings, and before the infamous Comics Code the comic bookracks at local drug stores and newsstands boasted a plethora of delightshighlighted by the good girl adventures of the comic book version of BrendaStarr. These four-color wonders displayed all the finer things loved by comicbook buyers: good girls, bondage, a little torture, and other delectable things,which adults thought would corrupt the morals of young and impressionablereaders. Now, for the first time in over 50-years, comics fans can read and ownthese rare comics from another era, digitally restored to perfection andpresented in an archival hardcover.
  • Featuring artwork by the legendary Jerry Iger Studio and Brenda StarrCreator Gale Messick, this volume presents the remaining four BrendaStarr Pre-Code books, issues #9-12, and the very mod and 1960's version ofBrenda drawn and scripted by Dale Messick. In addition to presenting BrendaStarr stories, this reprint also boasts all of the scintillating back-upfeatures.

ISBN: 9781613450840

Dimensions: 254mm x 203mm x 25mm

Weight: 699g

224 pages