Before Fredric Wertham and The Seduction of the Innocent
(SOTI), before the Kefauver Hearings, and before the infamous Comics Code, the
comic book racks at local drug stores and newsstands boasted a plethora of
delights highlighted by the good girl adventures of the comic book version of
Brenda Starr. These four-color wonders displayed all the finer things loved by
comic books buyers: good girls, bondage, a little torture, and other exciting
things, which adults thought would corrupt the morals of young and
impressionable readers (Brenda Starr cover art was even used as an example in
SOTI). Now for the first time in over fifty years comics fans can read and own
these rare comics from another era, digitally restored to perfection and
presented in an archival hardcover. In addition to presenting all of the Brenda
Starr stories, this reprint also boasts all of the scintillating back-up
features found in these books as well. WARNING! These stories are not for the
faint of heart! This volume collects the first eight issues of the Superior
Comics Brenda Starr Pre-Code comics with lovely art by Jack Kamen and Matt Baker,
complete with a historical essay and other documentary material.Brenda Starr: the Complete Pre-Code Comics Volume One: Good Girls, Bondage, and Other Fine Things from Hermes Press, retails for a measly $60.
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