Rabagliati, Michel, 107

Raboy, Emanuel “Mac,” 115, 172

Radecki, Thomas, 91, 240

Radical America Komiks, 66

radio, xii, xix, 8, 14, 36, 37, 159, 198, 205, 220, 226, 229, 231

rap music, 245, 282

RAW (A. Spiegelman, F. Mouly), 95, 107

Razor, 103

Read, James A. and Donald F., 4

Reader’s Digest, 26

Reagan, Ronald, 84, 86, 152

Real Heroes Comics (Parents’ Magazine Institute), 27

Real Life (Nedor), 27

Real West Romances (Prize), 33

Realist, The, 63, 329n

Red Circle, 88

Reeve, Christopher, 119

Register & Tribune Syndicate, 20, 21, 114

Reich, Wilhelm, 229

Renegade, 95

reprint rights, 11, 97, 111, 112, 120, 355n

Resnais, Alain, 277

Reuben Award, 177, 250, 252, 339n

Rhodes, Silas, 172, 173

Rice, Anne, 77

Rice, Pierce, 171

Rico, Don, 172

Riesman, David, 298, 352n

rights, 84, 117, 118, 120, 121, 149, 160, 188, 334n, 339n

Rip Off Press, 66, 82, 96, 186

Robbins, Trina, 68, 81, 326n, 330n, 332n, 337n, 361n

Robertson, Darick, 361n

Robin, 23, 57, 92, 93, 332n

Robinson, Alex, 107

Robinson, Edward G., 37

Robinson, Jerry, 185, 299, 351n

RoboCop, 309

Rocket’s Blast Comic Collector, The, 263

Rockwell, Norman, 171, 174

Rodriguez, Manuel “Spain,” 64, 65, 186

Rogers, Marshall, 188

role-playing, 136, 137, 138, 146, 153, 157, 209, 269, 337n

Rolling Stone, 92, 310, 334n

Rom (Marvel), 80

romance comics, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 49, 50, 56, 68, 72, 200, 203, 209, 219, 285

Romita, John, Jr., 363n

Romita, John, Sr., 126, 164, 166, 172, 338n, 363n

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 180, 195, 225

Rosa, Keno Don, 96

Ross, Alex, 102, 254

Roth, Arnold, 62

Roth, Philip, 301

Rousseau, Craig, 105

Rowlandson, Thomas, xiv

Roy, Mike, 114

Rozanski, Chuck, 144

Russell, R. H., 5

Rutland, Vermont, 267, 348n

Saaf, Artie, 115

Sacco, Joe, 101

Sachs, Bernard, 178, 289

Safe Area Gorazde (J. Sacco), 101

Saga of the Swamp Thing (DC), 90, 168

Sahle, Harry, 114

Sala, Richard, 106

Sale, Tim, 102, 174, 338n

Sampliner, Paul, 162

San Diego Comic Convention, 119, 144, 163, 252, 254, 266, 305, 334n, 337n, 338n, 341n, 343n, 347n, 348n, 358n

San Francisco Oracle, 63

Sandman (DC/Vertigo), 100, 104, 308, 309

Sandman (1940s), 19

Sango, Ben, 115

Sangor (studio), 115

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 248

Saturday Evening Post, 118, 134, 334n, 341n

Saunders, Buddy, 91, 152, 348n

Savage Sword of Conan, The (Marvel), 77

Schaffenberger, Kurt, 182, 183, 339n

Schelly, Bill, 258, 259, 339n, 347n, 348n, 362n, 364n

Schenker, Don, 66

Schiff, Jack, 57, 60, 124, 162, 182, 183, 338n

School of Industrial Arts (S.I.A.) (High School of Art and Design), 172, 173

School of Visual Arts (S.V.A.) (Cartoonists and Illustrators’ School), 173, 175, 305

Schultz, Henry E., 218, 221

Schultze, Carl “Bunny,” 6, 7

Schulz, Charles M., 67, 266, 288, 353n

Schwab, Fred, 112

Schwartz, Alvin, 124, 163, 338n

Schwartz, Julius, 57, 59, 123, 124, 162, 182, 258, 334n

science-fiction, 138, 278, 337n, 350n, 359n

Scraps, 4, 363n

Scribbly, 25, 112

Scrooge McDuck, 25, 32, 67

Sea Gate, 145

Seal of Approval (A. K. Nyberg), 304, 343n, 353n, 360n

Second World War, xix, 20, 21, 31, 34, 97, 102, 134, 198, 207, 215, 216, 225, 238, 240, 267, 272, 277, 284, 285, 300, 302, 326n, 327n

Secret Hearts (DC), 289

Secrets Behind the Comics (S. Lee), 300, 352n

Seduction of the Innocent, 42, 223, 227, 231, 232, 240, 255, 300, 344n, 346n, 352n, 362n

Segar, Elsie Crisler, 68, 275

Sekowsky, Mike, 60, 130, 183

Seldes, Gilbert, 286, 287, 288, 296, 298, 350n

Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials (Gathings Commission), 219, 336n, 344n, 345n

self-regulation, 39, 42, 43, 48, 49, 125, 221, 222, 224, 237, 242, 314, 328n. See also Comics Code; Comics Code Authority

Senate (U.S.), 39, 42, 45, 48, 218, 224, 295, 327n, 336n, 341n, 344n, 345n

Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency (Hendrickson Commission), 39, 220, 223, 224, 327n, 336n, 344n, 345n

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (Dell), 260

Seth (Greggory Gallant), 107, 169, 273

Seuling, Phil, 84, 86, 143, 144, 145, 265, 266, 331n

75 Years of Comics (New York) (1971), 297, 351n

Severin, John, 172, 263

Severin, Marie, 117, 173, 174, 190, 335n

Shadow, The (DC), 78

Shadow Magazine, The, 13

Shamray, Gerry, 95

Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung Fu, 78

Sharen, Bob, 132, 335n

Shaw, Artie, 161

Shazam!, 78, 79. See also Captain Marvel

Shazam Awards, 184, 251

Sheena, 16, 35

She-Hulk, 102

Shelton, Gilbert, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 96

Sheridan, Martin, 293, 351n

Shi, 103

Shi: The Way of the Warrior (Crusade), 103

Shield, The, 22, 112

Shock Suspenstories (EC), 38

Shores, Syd, 35, 300

Showcase (DC), 51, 52, 328n

Shuster, Joseph, 18, 84, 116, 117, 118, 119, 171, 186, 334n

Sickles, Noel, 164

Siegel, Jerome, 18, 84, 115, 117, 118, 119, 124, 186, 334n

Sienkiewicz, Bill, 93

Sikela, John, 118

Silver Age (1956–1970), 51, 55, 272, 273, 274, 328n, 353n, 355n, 360n

Silver Streak Comics (Comic House), 25

Silver Surfer, 57, 58, 129

Silver Surfer (Marvel), 69, 129, 329n

Silver Surfer, The (S. Lee, J. Kirby), 99

Silvestri, Marc, 149

Sim, Dave, 106, 169, 252, 275, 333n, 363n

Simon, Allen, 114

Simon, Joe, 23, 32, 52, 113, 114, 122, 326n, 363n

Simon & Schuster, 99, 338n, 349n, 351n, 360n

Simonson, Walter, 90, 93

Simpsons, The, 105, 158

Sin City (Dark Horse), 102

Single Series (United Features), 14

Sinnott, Joe, 173

Six Million Dollar Man, The, 79

Skeates, Steve, 167, 185

Skippy’s Own Book of Comics (M. C. Gaines), 9

SkyBox, 156

Slave Labor Graphics, 252, 337n

Slow News Day (A. Watson), 106

Small Press Expo (SPX), 253, 254

SmartGirl.com/American Library Association, 207, 342n

Smith, Barry, 77, 86, 116, 167

Smith, Jeff, 106

Smith, Kevin, 271

Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics, The (M. Barrier, M. Williams), 303, 325n, 353n

Snoopy, 193

Snyder, Marcia, 114

Society of Comic Book Illustrators, 178, 179, 180, 184, 339n

Society of Illustrators, 176

song slides, xiv

Southern, Terry, 301

Space Adventures (Charlton), 52

Space Ranger, 52, 57

speciality bookstores (direct distribution), xix, 46, 66, 71, 86, 87, 88, 94, 98, 99, 101, 137, 143, 152, 204, 206, 209, 210, 215, 239, 240, 243, 255

speculators, 84, 86, 88, 95, 137, 142, 146, 147, 148, 150, 154, 156, 251, 269, 273, 274, 337n, 358n

Spicer, Bill, 262, 275, 339n

Spider-Man, 58, 142, 238, 265, 309, 335n

Spider-Man (film), 333n

Spider-Man, Peter Parker the Spectacular (Marvel), 206, 342n

Spider-Man, The Amazing (Marvel), xiv, 54, 71, 75, 90, 142

Spider-Man, The Amazing (television series), 79

Spider-Woman, 76, 102, 330n

Spidey Super Stories (Marvel), 94

Spiegelman, Art, 65, 68, 83, 95, 98, 100, 107, 250, 308, 310, 362n, 363n, 364n

Spirit, The, 116, 122, 160

Spirou, 280, 349n

Sprang, Dick, 115, 170

Spranger, John, 115

Squire, 65, 260

St. John, 44, 45, 344n

St. Nicholas, 5, 196, 324n

Stack, Frank, 63, 65, 332n

Stanley, John, 68

Stanmor, 44, 45

Star Comics (Marvel label), 94

Star Comics (Ultem), 112

Star Ranger (Ultem), 15, 112

Star Trek, 153

Star Wars (film), 72, 79, 309

Star Wars (Dark Horse), 100

Star Wars (Marvel), 206, 342n

Starblaze/Donning, 95

Starlin, James P., 88, 167

Starman (DC), 100

Staros, Chris, 92, 107

Staros Report, The, 107

Star*Reach (M. Friedrich), 83

Star-Studded Comics, 348n

Static (DC/Milestone), 103

Staton, Joe, 105

Steel Sterling, 112

Stein, Gertrude, 285, 350n

Steinbeck, John, 75, 288

Steinberg, Flo, 185

Steinem, Gloria, 62

Steranko, James, 14, 69, 119, 167, 303, 325n, 353n

Steranko History of Comics, The (J. Steranko), 303, 325n, 353n, 358n

Sterling, 51

Sterrett, Cliff, 68

Stewart, Bhob, 259, 261, 323n, 339n, 363n

Stewart, Terry, 149

Stokes, Frederick A., 6

Stone, Chic, 172

Stormwatch (WildStorm), 104

Story Comics, 222

Story of Superman, The, 259

story papers, xviii, 13, 257

Strange Adventures (DC), 69

Strange Adventures of Bachelor Butterfly, The (R. Töpffer), 3, 4

Strangers in Paradise (Abstract Studios), 106, 169

Stray Bullets (El Capitan Books), 106

Street & Smith, 13, 27, 115

Strobl, Tony, 171

Stuck Rubber Baby (H. Cruse), 101

student newspapers, 63, 64

Student press, 61, 63

Students for a Democratic Society (DSD), 66

Sturgeon, Foolbert (Frank Stack), 65

Styron, William, 301

Sub-Mariner Comics (Marvel), 25, 51

Sullivan, Vincent, 18

Superboy, 52, 53, 118, 119

Superboy (DC), 35, 51

Supergirl, 52

Supergirl, 156

Superior, 344n

Superman, xii, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 34, 35, 51, 52, 53, 84, 92, 104, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 123, 132, 134, 142, 150, 155, 186, 197, 216, 254, 259, 271, 303, 309, 310, 326n, 328n, 334n, 335n, 341n, 361n

Superman (DC) (1939), xx, 19, 71

Superman (DC) (1986), 150

Superman (film), 79, 119

Superman (animated series), 105

Superman: Red Son (DC), 104

Superman, Inc., 60, 334n, 341n

Superman Adventures, The (DC), 105

Superman For All Seasons (DC), 102

Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane (DC), 51

Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC), 51

Supreme Court (U.S.), 82, 239, 241, 346n

Swamp Thing (DC), 77, 330n

Swan, Curt, 53, 131, 271, 363n

Swarte, Joost, 95

syndicates, 8, 10, 11, 15, 18, 111, 112, 176, 192

Tales from the Crypt (EC), 38

Taliaferro, Al, 67

Tallarico, Tony, 65

Tardi, Jacques, 95

Target Comics (Novelty), 114

Tarka, Mark, 65

Tarzan, 16

Tashlin, Frank, 234, 235, 236, 246

Taurasi, James V., 259

teen comics, 24, 40, 49, 51

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 94, 96, 147, 148, 336n

Tekno Comix, 151

television, xviii, xix, 14, 29, 30, 32, 35, 36, 47, 53, 55, 56, 58, 72, 79, 91, 92, 93, 94, 100, 101, 103, 105, 131, 133, 137, 138, 153, 156, 159, 191, 201, 202, 203, 204, 209, 220, 222, 223, 229, 232, 234, 235, 237, 240, 241, 243, 245, 246, 254, 258, 266, 282, 299, 300, 306, 309, 310, 332n, 342n, 347n

Templeton, Ty, 105

TenNapel, Doug, 107

Terminator, 97, 309

Terry-Toons Comics (Marvel), 25

Texas Ranger, 63

Thomas, Roy, 77, 119, 185, 250, 251, 262, 264, 272, 327n, 339n, 348n

Thompson, Ben, 114

Thompson, Craig, 107, 308

Thompson, Don, 262, 302, 352n

Thompson, Hunter S., 75

Thompson, Kim, 252, 336n

Thompson, Lovell, 216, 343n

Thompson, Maggie, 251, 263, 337n, 357n, 362n

Thompson, Melchior, 208, 337n, 343n

Thor, 58, 59, 354n

Thor (Marvel), 54, 90, 93

Thorne, Frank, 171

three-dimensions comic books, 175

Thriller (DC), 90

Thrilling Comics (Better), 31

Tiger Girl, 35

Tijuana Bibles, 303, 360n

Time Traveler, The, 258

Timm, Bruce, 105

Tintin, 21, 277, 278, 280, 281, 309, 349n, 351n

Tip Top Comics (United Features), 10, 12, 17

Tip Top Weekly, 13

Toby, 44, 45

Tokyopop, 100

Tollin, Anthony, 132, 335n

Tomb of Dracula, The (Marvel), 77, 333n

Tomb Raider, 103

Tomine, Adrian, 107, 169

Top Shelf, 92, 101, 106, 107, 348n

Töpffer, Rodolphe, xi, xiv, xvi, xvii, 3, 4, 294, 323n, 324n, 359n

Topps, 155, 156

Topps Comics, 100, 148, 151, 337n

Torres, Angelo, 164, 173

Toth, Alex, 164, 172, 363n

Totleben, John, 168, 175

Tower Comics, 58, 59, 329n, 361n

trade paperbacks, 99, 100, 148

trading cards, 149, 150, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 266

Trail Blazers (Street & Smith), 27

Trajan’s column, xiv

Transmetropolitan (DC), 100, 104

Trashman, 64

Tribune News Syndicate, 10

“Tribute to Dr. Strange, A,” 58

Trimpe, Herb, 117, 167, 173, 190, 340n

True Comics, 26, 27, 114

True Detective, 37

Truman, Harry, 180

Truman, Timothy, 175

Trump (Hefner), 62

Truth, 5, 6

Tucci, William, 103

Tundra, 104, 148

Turner, Michael, 103

Turner, Ron, 66

Tuska, George, 113, 171

TV Guide, 134, 139, 223

20th Century Fox, 24, 25

Twenty Thousand Years of Comics, 295, 351n

twice-up, 130

2001: A Space Odyssey, 72

Two-Fisted Tales (EC), 38

Ultem, 15, 17, 112, 114

Ultimate Fantastic Four (Marvel), 104

Ultimate X-Men (Marvel), 104

Ultimates, The (Marvel), 104, 310, 354n

Unbreakable, 290

Uncle Sam, 114

underground, 56, 61–71, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 95, 96, 111, 120, 121, 153, 166, 167, 186, 187, 204, 238, 241, 264, 266, 276, 293, 298, 302, 303, 304, 310, 311, 329n, 330n, 331n, 353n, 357n, 360n, 363n, 364n

Underground Press Syndicate (UPS), 64

United Cartoon Workers of America, 186, 339n

United Features Syndicate, 10, 14, 16, 17, 112

Uricchio, William, 304, 353n, 361n, 364n

Valentino, Jim, 149

Valiant (Voyager Communications label), 148

Vampirella (Harris), 103

Vampirella (Warren), 77, 329n, 330n, 336n, 339n

Vault of Horror, The (EC), 38

Veitch, Rick, 168, 175

Vellekoop, Maurice, 107

Vep, 11

Veronica, 24

Verpoorten, John, 173

Vietnam War, 74, 238, 329n

Vigilante (DC), 90

Village Voice, 250, 301, 332n, 354n

visibility, xii, 21, 29, 50, 59, 60, 65, 74, 76, 86, 93, 100, 105, 107, 134, 142, 151, 152, 153, 181, 184, 191, 193, 205, 217, 237, 240, 244, 245, 251, 255, 261, 265, 277, 298, 310

Viz Comics, 210

Viz Entertainment, 100

Vortex, 88, 95, 121

Wagner, Geoffrey, 227, 232, 233, 346n

Wagner, Matt, 96

Waid, Mark, 102

Waldenbooks, 99

Walt Disney Company, 24, 25, 32, 67, 96, 97, 357n

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories (Dell), 25, 40

Walter Lantz (studio), 32

War Against Crime (EC), 38

Ward, Bill, 171

Ward, Lynd, xiv, xvii, 323n

Ware, Chris, 101, 106, 169, 253, 275, 308, 335n, 363n

Ware, Hames, 303, 353n

Warhol, Andy, 50

Warner Bros., 24, 25, 32, 60, 74, 254

Warnock, Brett, 107

WaRP Graphics, 87, 96, 106

Warren, 49, 61, 77, 90, 164, 185, 329n, 330n, 331n, 336n, 360n

Warren, James, 85, 141, 256, 329n, 336n

Warshow, Robert, 260, 346n, 347n

Watchmen (DC), 93, 97, 99, 100, 168, 308

Watson, Andi, 106

Watterson, Bill, 99

Waugh, Coulton, 294, 295, 297, 351n

Weird Fantasy (EC), 38

Weird Science (EC), 38

Weird Tales, 77

Weirdo (Last Gasp), 95, 106

Weisinger, Mort, 53, 57, 60, 119, 124, 162, 182, 183, 258

Weiss, Morris, 300

Welz, Larry, 96

Wendell, Paul, 60

Werewolf by Night (Marvel), 77

Wertham, Fredric, 42, 48, 216–23, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 235, 237, 240, 255, 261, 300, 304, 344n, 345n, 346n, 347n, 352n, 360n, 362n

Western Hearts (Standard), 33

Western Life Romances (Marvel), 33

Western Love (Prize), 33

Western Publishing & Lithography, 31, 32, 49, 55, 78, 85, 202, 327n, 328n

Wheeler-Nicholson, Malcolm, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 27, 112, 113, 114

White, “Biljo,” 264, 348n

White, David Manning, 295, 296, 350n, 351n

White, Stokes & Allen, 4

White, Ted, 261

Whitman, 9, 15, 17, 55, 85, 331n

Whiz Comics (Fawcett), 25

wholesalers, 43, 48, 138, 139, 141, 142, 163, 222, 223

Who’s Who of American Comic Books (J. Bails), 159, 303, 337n, 339n, 357n, 362n

Wild!, 65, 260

Wild Oats, 5

Wildenberg, Harry I., 8, 9

Williams, Martin, 304, 325n, 352n, 353n

Williamson, Al, 173

Williamson, Skip, 62, 65, 66

Willits, Malcolm, 259

Wilson, S. Clay, 66, 241

Witchblade, 103

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 248

Witty, Paul, 340n

Witzend (W. Wood), 83, 166, 331n

Wizard, 149, 251, 269, 273, 358n

Woggon, Bill, 31

Wolf, Katherine M., 261, 348n

Wolfe, Tom, 75

Wolfman, Marv, 77, 91

Wollheim, Donald, 263

Wolverine, 90, 154

Wolverton, Basil, 25

Woman in Red, The, 31

Wonder Wart Hog (G. Shelton), 96

Wonder Woman, 31, 34, 35, 51, 52, 93, 123, 198, 216, 361n

Wonder Woman (DC), 103

Wonder Woman (television series), 79

Wonderful and Amusing Doings by Sea and Land of Oscar Shanghai, The, 4

Wood, Bob, 125

Wood, David, 182

Wood, Wallace, 58, 62, 68, 83, 164, 166, 173, 331n, 363n

woodcut novels, xiv, xvii

Woodward, George, xiv

work made for hire, 121, 188

World Color Company, 192

World of Comic Art, The, 296, 351n

World Science Fiction Convention (1939), 258

Woromay, Larry, 178

Wow Comics (Henle), 14

Wright, Bradford W., 74, 304, 329n, 342n, 353n, 358n

Wrightson, Berni, 77, 167, 174, 330n, 363n

WRITE NOW!, 270

Wyeth, Newell Convers, 171

Xena: Warrior Princess, 103

Xero, 262, 302, 348n

X-Files (Topps), 100

X-Men (film), 152

X-Men (Marvel), 58, 76, 89, 93, 144, 167, 333n

X-Men, The, 58

X-Men, The New (Marvel), 104

X-Men, The Uncanny (Marvel), 89, 94

Yarbrough, Ira, 118

Yarrowstalks, 63

Yeates, Tom, 175

Yellow Dog (Print Mint), 66

Yellow Kid, viii, xiv, 5, 6, 192, 193, 294, 295, 324n, 359n

Young Allies, The, 24

Young Romance (Cresswood), 32

Youth’s Companion, 196

Zansky, Louis, 114

Zap Comix, 65, 66, 81, 186, 215, 238, 329n, 358n

Zero Zero (Fantagraphics), 106

Ziff-David, 45, 119, 179

Zim (Eugene Zimmermann), 5

Zodiac Mindwarp (Spain Rodriguez), 65

Zoo Funnies (Capital Stores/Charlton), 260

Zot! (Eclipse), 96, 252

Zwanna (ANIA), 103