All-American Comics was the flagship title for its publisher, also called All-American Comics. It ran for 102 issues from April1939 to October1948, at which time it was renamed All-American Western (this was the time that most superhero comics went out of business or began to produce fare that they or the public considered more wholesome). In 1952, the title was again changed to All-American Men of War, and was finally cancelled in 1966.
The title was purchased by National Periodicals (DC Comics) in the late 1940s, and all its creations along with it. Characters created for All-American include the Green Lantern, the Atom, the Red Tornado, Doctor Mid_Nite, and Sargon the Sorceror. All American Western would add Johnny Thunder and All-American Men of War would add Johnny Cloud and the team of Gunner and Sarge.
All-AmericanComics was the flagship title for its publisher, also called All-AmericanComics.
It ran for 102 issues from April1939 to October 1948, at which time it was renamed All-American Western (this was the time that most superhero comics went out of business or began to produce fare that they or the public considered more wholesome).
The title was purchased by National Periodicals (DC Comics) in the late 1940s, and all its creations along with it.
Comic strips and comic books were among the most popular and influential forms of mass media in the 20th century.
Comic books began as a form in which newspaper comics were reprinted and, with the rise of such series as Jack Kirbys Captain America and Fantastic Four, became the dominant popular medium for narrative illustration.
Masters of AmericanComics is co-curated by scholars John Carlin and Brian Walker, and is coordinated by MOCA Assistant Curator Michael Darling and Hammer Museum Deputy Director of Collections and Director of the Grunwald Center Cynthia Burlingham.
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