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Jews created the first comic book, the first graphic novel, the first comic book convention, the first comic book specialty store, and they helped create the underground comics (or "Comix") movement of the late '60s and early '70s. Many of the creators of the most famous comic books, such as Superman, Spiderman, X-Men, and Batman, as well as the founders of MAD Magazine, were Jewish. From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books tells their stories and demonstrates how they brought a uniquely Jewish perspective to their work and to the comics industry as a whole. Over-sized and in full color, From Krakow to Krypton is filled with sidebars, cartoon bubbles, comic book graphics, original design sketches, and photographs. It is a visually stunning and exhilarating history.

Table of Contents

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  1. Table of Contents
  2. p. ix
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. x-xiii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. xiv-xv
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  1. Part One: The Golden Age: (1933–1955) The Birth of the Comics
  1. Chapter 1: Famous Funnies
  2. pp. 2-5
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  1. Chapter 2: Leger and Reuths
  2. pp. 6-8
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  1. Chapter 3: Supergolem
  2. pp. 9-20
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  1. Chapter 4: Attack of the Clones
  2. pp. 21-25
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  1. Chapter 5: People of the (Comic) Book
  2. pp. 26-31
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  1. Chapter 6: The Spirit of the Times
  2. pp. 32-43
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  1. Chapter 7: The Leaden Age
  2. pp. 44-57
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  1. Chapter 8: Why We Fight
  2. pp. 58-62
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  1. Chapter 9: New Trends and Innocent Seducers
  2. pp. 63-81
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  1. Part Two: The Silver Age: (1956–1978) The Growth and Development of Jewish Comics
  1. Chapter 10: Super Family Values
  2. pp. 84-86
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  1. Chapter 11: Broome Makes a Clean Sweep
  2. pp. 87-91
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  1. Chapter 12: Stan and Jack
  2. pp. 92-100
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  1. Chapter 13: The Superhero from Queens
  2. pp. 101-106
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  1. Chapter 14: Courting the College Crowd
  2. pp. 107-110
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  1. Chapter 15: Outsider Heroes
  2. pp. 111-115
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  1. Chapter 16: Openly Jewish, Openly Heroic
  2. pp. 116-125
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  1. Chapter 17: Kirby’s Fourth World
  2. pp. 126-136
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  1. Chapter 18: Notes from the Underground
  2. pp. 137-150
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  1. Chapter 19: From Novel Graphics to Graphic Novels
  2. pp. 151-160
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  1. Part Three: The Bronze Age: (1979–the Present) Comics in the Modern World
  1. Chapter 20: From Comix to Graphix
  2. pp. 162-170
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  1. Chapter 21: The Maus That Art Built
  2. pp. 171-175
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  1. Chapter 22: A Graphic Approach to Jewish History
  2. pp. 176-187
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  1. Chapter 23: The Martian Jew
  2. pp. 188-195
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  1. Chapter 24: Children of the Atom … And Eve
  2. pp. 196-202
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  1. Chapter 25: Vertigo Visions
  2. pp. 203-205
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  1. Chapter 26: Up, Up, And Away… But Where To?
  2. pp. 206-210
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  1. Comics History Timeline
  2. pp. 212-215
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 216-217
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