The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

David Hajdu's 2009 graphic history, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, adapts his acclaimed nonfiction book into a single-issue comic. It vividly chronicles the moral panic that swept 1950s America, when comics were blamed for juvenile delinquency and targeted by censorship campaigns. Through a mix of narrative and documentary-style illustration, the work captures the industry's fight for survival and its lasting impact on American culture. This concise, powerful account is essential reading for anyone interested in the medium's turbulent history.