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One of the most overlooked aspects of the Allied war effort involved a surprising initiative - comic book propaganda. Comic book superheroes and everyday characters modelled positive behaviours and encouraged readers to keep scrapping. The 10 Cent War presents a riveting analysis of how different types of comic books and comic book characters supplied reasons and means to support the war.

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One of the most overlooked aspects of the Allied war effort involved a surprising initiative - comic book propaganda. Comic book superheroes and everyday characters modelled positive behaviours and encouraged readers to keep scrapping. The 10 Cent War presents a riveting analysis of how different types of comic books and comic book characters supplied reasons and means to support the war.
Autorenporträt
Trischa Goodnow is professor of speech communication in the School of Arts and Communication at Oregon State University and has published books on parliamentary debate and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. James J. Kimble is associate professor of communication and the arts at Seton Hall University, is author of Mobilizing the Home Front: War Bonds and Domestic Propaganda and Prairie Forge: The Extraordinary Story of the Nebraska Scrap Metal Drive of World War II, as well as writer and co-producer of the feature documentary Scrappers: How the Heartland Won World War II.