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48 | RECENTLY RELEASED ISBN: 978-0-7643-6959-9 Size: 10" x 11" (254 x 279 mm) Pages: 256 Price: $59.99, £54.99, 85.00 CAD Illustrations: 500 color photos Binding: hardcover BISAC: LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels Comic Book Apocalypse! The Death of Pre-Code Comics and Why It Happened, 1940–1955 By David J. Hogan, Foreword by Maggie Thompson Explore the rise and fall of pre-Code comics with 500 covers revealing America's cultural shifts, censorship, and controversy. From 1940 to 1955, American society and culture underwent dramatic changes, including the introduction of the Comics Code in October 1954, which heavily impacted comic books. The Code aimed to moderate comic content in response to public opinion, including such topics as juvenile delinquency, wartime sentiment, teenage sex, drugs, violent crime, and more. While compliance was technically voluntary, most publishers followed its strict rules. Those who didn’t faced ruin when wholesalers and distributors refused to handle noncompliant comics, returning them unopened to publishers, who soon self-destructed. Comic Book Apocalypse! explores this downfall through 500 examples of pre-Code cover art, highlighting why some deemed the Code necessary. The book also examines who decided what content was acceptable, demonstrating how pre-Code comics reflect the larger story of 1950s America. David J. Hogan has collected and thought about comic books since 1965. Following experience as an entertainment journalist in Los Angeles, he settled in Chicago, where he worked in the book business as an executive editor and publisher. His articles have appeared in magazines as diverse as Comic Book Creator, Moviegoer, Aviation History, Filmfax, Collectible Automobile , and Cinefantastique. Comic Book Apocalypse is his 11th book. He lives in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Maggie Thompson is a key figure in the history and study of comics. She and her late husband, Don, established a seminal comic book fanzine, Comic Art , and followed it with a popular comics newsletter, Newfangles . Maggie subsequently edited Comics Buyer’s Guide for more than 30 years. She has received numerous industry awards and continues to be an active part of the comics community as a writer and historian. She lives in Iola, Wisconsin. ISBN 978-0-7643-6959-9 ISBN: 978-0-7643-6969-8 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 279 mm) Pages: 496 Price: $39.99, £36.99, 56.99 CAD Illustrations: 15,100 color images Binding: hardcover BISAC: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Popular Culture Star Wars Super Collector's Wish Book, Vol. 1, 2nd Edition Merchandise | Collectibles, 1977−2012 By Geoffrey T. Carlton This fully redeveloped second edition provides identification, pricing information, and photos of the 35‑year pre‑Disney era of Star Wars collectibles and merchandise. Over the past two decades the Star Wars Super Collector’s Wish Book series has brought knowledge and joy to tens of thousands of collectors. This comprehensively updated second edition to volume 1 provides a thorough survey of the nontoy merchandise and collectibles produced from 1977 to 2012. • 8,000 items from the pre-Disney era have been added to the first edition's nearly 12,000. • Provides identification, price information, and over 15,000 images • Covers a full range of items, including books, art, trading cards, home decor, clothing and accessories, dishes, bedding, and special packaging for food, beverages, and personal care items An important addition to the bookshelf of every informed collector or Star Wars fan, this easy-to-use directory will introduce collectors to thousands of items to add to their wish lists. Geoffrey T. Carlton has been collecting Star Wars items since 1978 and documenting merchandise since 1988. With his family, he hunts collectibles at retailers, antique malls, estate sales, and fandom conventions nationally, and he maintains the Star Wars collecting database website at www.StarWarsDatabase.com. He lives in Arlington, Texas. ISBN 978-0-7643-6969-8