{"product_id":"fantastic-adventures-in-the-comics-rockets-genies-and-bug-eyed-monsters-1940s-1980s-9781476694757","title":"Fantastic Adventures in the Comics: Rockets, Genies, and Bug-Eyed Monsters, 1940s-1980s","description":"\u003cp\u003e Science fiction and fantasy comics present colorful if disparate visions of the future, from post-apocalyptic nightmare scenarios and prophetic explorations of technical advances to startling stories of space colonization. This book analyzes the genre from the 1940s to the 1980s, examining works such as tales of virile adventurers and their space \"babes\" to more thought-provoking stories of the clash of alien cultures and frightening, ironic looks at the results of outer space travel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This volume scrutinizes the output of publishers such as DC Comics (\u003ci\u003eStrange Adventures\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTales of the Unexpected\u003c\/i\u003e, etc.); EC comics (\u003ci\u003eWeird Science\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWeird Fantasies\u003c\/i\u003e); Marvel Comics (various series with monsters and grotesque alien creatures); Charlton (numerous fantasy magazines); American Comics Group (\u003ci\u003eForbidden Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdventures into the Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e); as well as comics from Dell, Gold Key, Avon, Fiction House, and many others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Schoell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous books about the performing arts and pop culture, and the writer of the blog \u003ci\u003eGreat Old Movies\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777280180498,"sku":"9781476694757","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_45aa09fb-7b66-46c9-b5a0-4ef2730afd5e.jpg?v=1765358901","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fantastic-adventures-in-the-comics-rockets-genies-and-bug-eyed-monsters-1940s-1980s-9781476694757","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}