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Babes In Arms: Women in the Comics During World War Two

Trina Robbins author Yukinobu Tatsu author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Hermes Press

Published:15th Aug '17

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Babes In Arms: Women in the Comics During World War Two cover

  • During the Golden Age of comics, publishers offered titles supporting thewar effort — presenting fighting men and their feminine counterparts— babes in arms! Comic books during this period featured US service-womenfighting all of the axis bad guys and gave several of the most noteworthy womenartists of the era opportunities to create action-packed, adventure-filled,four-color stories.
  • Now for the first time renowned pop-culture historian Trina Robbinsassembles comic book stories by artists Barbara Hall, Jill Elgin, Lilly Renee,and Fran Hopper together with insightful commentary and loads of documentaryextras to create the definitive book chronicling the work of these importantGolden Age artists. This magnificent art book offers page-after-page of goodgirl action!


ISBN: 9781613450956

Dimensions: 254mm x 203mm x 25mm

Weight: 794g

304 pages