
Comic Books Spread Propaganda
Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 1249 , Segment
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Comic Book Imperialism
Episode: Comic Book Imperialism
- Oct 28, 2021 7:00 pm
- 44:05
The history of comic books reads like, well, a comic book: Secret government entities commandeered commercial companies to print propaganda, allies were outraged, and a whole generation came to think differently about nuclear war. Comic books gripped the world in their own pulp empire. Guest: Paul Hirsch, author of "Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism"