Comic Books Spread PropagandaConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 1249, Segment 1
Oct 28, 2021 • 44m
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"