"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility": Cold War Culture

"The so-called 'silver age' of comic books began in the late 1950s when National Comics...revived a number of its original superheroes from the late 1930s. In particular, National Comics found success with a series called The Justice League of America, which united several popular fig...

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