Atomic Comics: Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World

Index

167 Italic page numbers refer to illustrations. Characters from comics are indexed by their first name or title. For example, Captain Marvel is indexed under C. AAA Pop Comics, 130 ABC, 80 ABC of Relativity, The (Russell), 13 “ABLE,” 49 A-bomb, 129 Absolute at Large, The (Èapek), 20 Action Comics, 24, 34, 58, 124 Adam Atomme, 62 Adam Mann. See Atom Man Adams, John, 5, 131–32 Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters , 125 Adventure Comics, 122–23 Adventures in Science, 69 Adventures Inside the Atom, 70 Adventures of Captain Atom, 56 Adventures of Captain Marvel, The. See Captain Marvel Adventures of Superman. See Superman Agnew, Spiro, 91 Air Ace, 49, 51 Airboy, 29, 123 “Airlords of Han, The” (Nowlan), 15, 18 Akira (Otomo), 127 Alien Encounters, 124 All-Atomic Comics (Rifas), 100–101, 115, 134, 136 All Humor Comics, 64 Allred, Laura, 130 Allred, Michael, 130 All Star Comics, 26 All-Star Squadron, 121 All Winners, 29 Amazing Stories, 15, 17 Ambassador Atom, 104 American Comics Group, 78 American Physical Society, 43 America’s Town Meeting of the Air (ABC broadcast), 80 Amsterdam Nuclear Research Institute, 100 Anderson, Murphy, 116 “Andy’s Atomic Adventures,” 69, 75, 134 Animal Comics, 64 Anthony Rogers, 15, 18. See also Buck Rogers anti-nuclear counterculture, 5, 89–95; anti-nuclear comic books, 95, 100–102, 148n9; graphic-art fiction, 98–100; Japanese comics, 102–14, 127; underground comix, 90–95, 134 Anti-Nuclear Handbook, 95, 100, 148n9 Aquaman, 122–23 Archie Andrews, 24 Ardala, 16 “Armageddon–-2419 A.D.” (Nowlan), 15 Arnold, H. H., 39, 46 Asimov, Isaac, 4, 32 As I Saw It (Fitzpatrick), 97 Associated Press, 30 Astounding Science Fiction, 32–33 I N D E X 168 ^ I N D E X Astro Boy (Tetsuwan atomu), 104–5, 108, 120 Astro Boy (Tezuka), 104–7, 106 Atlanta Constitution, 96 Atlas, 79 the Atom, 26, 58, 115–16 Atom, Electricity, and You, The, 71 Atom-Age Combat, 81 Atoman, 54–55, 55 Atom Ant, 65 “Atom Blake the Boy Wizard,” 28, 133 “Atom Bomb,” 81 “Atom Gives Up, The” (Laurence), 22, 35 Atomic Age, 129 Atomic Age, The, 69 Atomic Age Combat, 82 Atomic Age Comic, 56 Atomic Age Opens, The (edited by Wendt and Porter Geddes), 1, 36 Atomic Angels, 124–25 atomic animals, 63–66 atomic banality, 5, 131 “Atomic Bill.” See Laurence, William L. atomic bomb: American censorship of media in Japan and, 1945–1951, 107–8; American people and, 1–2, 4, 12–13, 36–37, 43–45; beginnings of, 10, 12–13; comic books and, 4–5, 47–51, 52–66, 136, 143n14; Japanese cartoonists and, 101–2, 103, 110–14, 150n37, 151nn41–42; media reaction to Hiroshima, 36–39, 46, 63, 96–98, 133; movies about, 39, 45–46, 60, 89, 129; predictions of in comic strips, 18, 19, 32, 37, 38–39; predictions of in science fiction, 20, 32–33, 37; scientist reaction to, 12, 43–45, 67–68; spies and, 78; World War II censorship on information about, 30–32, 34–36. See also nuclear fission; nuclear testing; nuclear weapons Atomic Bomb (Jameson), 33 Atomic Bomb comic book, 52 Atomic Bunny, 66 Atomic Café, The (film, 1982), 134 Atomic Chili, 129 Atomic Comic, 56 Atomic Comics, 52, 53 Atomic Dreams: The Lost Journal of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 129 Atomic Energy as a Force of Good (film), 134 Atomic Energy for Your Business, 73 Atomic Energy in the Coming Era (Dietz), 12, 43 Atomic Horror Comic, 100 atomic humor, 63–66 Atomic Knights, The, 83, 85 Atomic Man (superhero), 52–53, 54, 129 Atomic Man (villains), 121, 123 Atomic Mouse, 65–66 Atomic Phantasy, An (Èapek), 20 Atomic Rabbit, 65, 65–66 Atomic Revolution, The, 71–72, 75 Atomics, The, 130 Atomic Science, Bombs, and Power (Dietz), 12 Atomic Skull, 5, 117, 121 Atomic Spy Cases, 78 Atomic Story, The (Campbell), 43 Atomic Thunderbolt, 53–54 “Atomic Tommy, the Bullet Proof Spy Smasher,” 56 “Atomic Tot,” 64 Atomic War!, 82, 83 Atom Man, 4, 59–60 Atoms for Peace, 71–72 Atom Smasher, 121 Atom the Cat, 65 Atom Train Exhibition, 44–45 Atom Wizard, 56 Australia, 95, 100 Avon, 78 “BAKER,” 49, 76 Baldwin, Hanson W., 38 Barefoot Gen (Nakazawa), 101, 110, 111, 112–14, 151n41 Barks, Carl, 64 Barnaby, 2, 3 Barry Dale, 54–55 baseball, 35, 127 I N D E X ^ 169 Batman, 24, 25, 26, 29, 107...