About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 193. Chapters: 1941 comic debuts, Comics characters introduced in 1941, Wonder Woman, Captain America, Green Lantern, Red Skull, Jughead Jones, Green Arrow, Speedy, Penguin, Scarecrow, Pogo, Aquaman, Bucky, Captain Marvel Jr., Classics Illustrated, Plastic Man, Hawkgirl, Roy Harper, Phantom Lady, Vigilante, Olympian Gods, Doctor Mid-Nite, Blackhawk, Johnny Quick, Shining Knight, Hercules, Miss America, Makkari, Firebrand, Captain Haddock, Young Allies, Doctor Nemesis, Steve Trevor, Human Bomb, Destroyer, Captain Nazi, Black Cat, Fighting Yank, Black Terror, List of incarnations of Captain America, Pat Dugan, Bulletman and Bulletgirl, World's Finest Comics, Starman, Mala, Nelvana of the Northern Lights, Whizzer, Sargon the Sorcerer, Tarantula, Mist, Jeffrey Mace, Classic Comics, Doiby Dickles, Sylvester Pemberton, All Winners Comics, Miss Victory, Abraham Erskine, American Crusader, Ian Karkull, Echo, Black Marvel, Midnight, Dummy, Anita Diminuta, Turtle, Captain Courageous, Leading Comics, Minute-Man, Jester, Archer, U.S. Jones, Liberator, Unknown Soldier, Blue Tracer, Wildfire, Twister, 711, Spider Queen, Star-Spangled Comics, Mouthpiece, Captain Freedom, Captain Flag. Excerpt: Pogo is the title and central character of a long-running daily American comic strip, created by cartoonist Walt Kelly (1913-1973) and distributed by the Post-Hall Syndicate. Set in the Okefenokee Swamp of the southeastern United States, the strip often engages in social and political satire through the adventures of its anthropomorphic funny animal characters. Pogo combined both sophisticated wit and slapstick physical comedy in a heady mix of allegory, Irish poetry, literary whimsy, puns and wordplay, lushly detailed artwork, irresistible characters and broad burlesque humor. The same series of strips can be enjoyed on different levels both by young chi...