Fantastic Adventures in the Comics: Rockets, Genies, and Bug-Eyed Monsters, 1940s-1980s

by William Schoell

Science fiction and fantasy comics present colorful if disparate visions of the future, from bleak, post-apocalyptic nightmare scenarios, to prophetic explorations of technical advances, to startling stories of space colonization. Concentrating on the 1940s to 1980s, this book presents a critical analysis of the genre, examining everything from hokey, even chauvinistic tales of virile adventurers and their space "babes" to more thought-provoking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476694753
• ISBN13: 9781476694757
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 221 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"