Publisher's Synopsis
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Comic books are as much an American tradition as baseball and hot dogs. This intriguing look into the history of comic books will take you from the early comic strips introduced to America in the late 1800s through the Golden Age of comics. Travel back to a time when superheroes and villains came to life in the imaginations of the young and old alike. This book was created and put into distribution by a team of dedicated editors using open source and proprietary publishing tools. One of the advantages to the way we publish books is that our content is up to date and written by dedicated subject matter experts from all over the world. By adding a layer of screening and curatorial attention to this material, we are able to offer a book that is relevant, informative and unique.