Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction Happy Hooligan, Buster Brown, Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, Charlie Chaplin, Film Fun, The Kinema Comic 1 1930s Comics-to-Film AdaptationsSkippy, Little Orphan Annie, Harold Teen, Popeye, Funny Page, Tailspin Tommy, Ace Drummond, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Jungle Jim, Dick Tracy, Blondie 2 1930s Cinema and Comics Mickey Mouse, Big Little Books, Tim McCoy, Police Car 17, Famous Funnies, Jumbo Comics, Action Comics, Marvel Comics, Motion Picture Funnies Weekly, Movie Comics 3 1940s Comics-to-Film AdaptationsSuperman (1941), Captain Marvel, Batman, Captain America, Terry and the Pirates, Don Winslow, Red Ryder, Superman (1948), Dick Tracy, Tillie the Toiler, Joe Palooka 4 1940s Cinema and Comics Superman meets Orson Welles, Walt Disney Comics and Stories, Four Color, Cinema Comics Herald, Graphic Little Theater, Gene Autry, The Adventures of Alan Ladd, John Wayne Adventure Comics 5 1950s Comics-to-Film and Television AdaptationsAtom Man vs. Superman, Blackhawk, Jungle Jim, Prince Valiant, The Sad Sack, L’il Abner, The Spirit, Dick Tracy, Fearless Fosdick, Flash Gordon, Terry and the Pirates, Blondie, Dennis the Menace, Steve Canyon, Adventures of Superman, Superpup 6 1950s Cinema, Television, and ComicsHowdy Doody, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, Milton Berle, Tee and Vee Crosley in Television Land Comics, Fredric Wertham, Movie Love, Motion Picture Comics, Dell Four Color, Bob Hope, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Hopalong Cassidy, Dale Evans, Hollywood Film Stories, Hollywood Diary, Hollywood Confessions, Starlet O’Hara Conclusion: The 1960s and BeyondThe Phantom, Archie, Batman, Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel Super Special Notes Select Bibliography Index