Atomic Comics

"Atomic Comics" av Ferenc Morton Szasz.
© Nevada University Press

Atoman nr 2, april 1946. Omslag av Jerry Robinson. © Spark

"Atomic Comics", fackbok av den amerikanske historieprofessorn Ferenc Morton Szasz som beskriver hur kärnkraften har skildrats i amerikanska och japanska serier alltsedan 20-talet. Inte minst ur vetenskaplig och social synvinkel, militär samt fredlig användning och så vidare.

Szasz tar bland annat upp serier som "Atomic Man", "Flash Gordon", "Spider-Man", "Barefoot Gen", "Astro Boy" och "Kuroi Ame ni Utarete" ("Black Rain"). Boken har ett flertal illustrationer.

Utgivningsfakta

• Ferenc Morton Szasz: "Atomic Comics - Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World", University of Nevada Press, 2012.

Innehåll

List of Illustrations	xi
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
	1	Introduction
Part I - Before Hiroshima	9	Comic Strips Confront the Subatomic World: The Turn of the Century to the Early 1930s
	22	The Comics and the Fissioned Atom: The Mid-1930s to August 6, 1945
Part II - The Initial Reaction: 1945-Early 1960s	43	Coming to Grips with the Atom: Early Atomic Superheroes
	67	Atomic Comic Utopias, Espionage and the Cold War
Part III - Atomic Comics Change Direction: The Mid-1050s to the Present Day	89	American Underground Comix, Political and International Cartoonists, and the Rise of the Japanese Manga
	116	The Never-Ending Appeal of Atomic Adventure Tales
	133	Conclusion
Notes	137
Bibliography	155
Index	167