Initially dismissed as mere pulp entertainment, Comic books had, by the 1950s, burgeoned into an integral component of American culture. Yet, beneath the vibrant panels and popular characters lurked a ...

If you were to own a near-mint edition of this comic book, you'd be looking at a sizable payout for the copy through auction ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. “EC’s science fiction stories hit so hard in the 1950s because there ...