1731- “A Harlot’s Progress”

1800sthe Broadsheet

1830s“Father of Comic

Books”

1897-1st published collection of a comic strip

19221st

monthly newsstan

d pub.

1930s-Pulp Heroes

19341st comic

book series

1938-arguably

most important

comic book

1939The Bat-

Man

1940s-the “Shop System”

1940s Diversification

1950s-EC’s “New Trend”

1950s Backlash

Oct. 1954

Response to the Code

Late 1950s-movie & TV comics

1960best selling new comic by 1961

1961deep fan identification

We’ve Come a LONG Way

1730s-1960s