COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS COMICS FOR ALL (2017)

"COMICS FOR ALL! Fred and Ryan conclude their tour of the history of our favorite medium by looking at the birth of the direct retailing market and how it influenced comics' creation. They also look at the past and future of distributing comics, including web comics and beyond! * Featuring variant covers with all new historically inspired comic strips by Van Lente and Dunlavey! * Plus, another new HER-story of Comics backup each month!"

"MANGA STRIKES BACK! Out of the ashes of World War II, Japan rises to achieve total world dominance of comics and anime! How did this happen? The simple answer is that Japan had OSAMU TEZUKA-'The God of Manga'-and all other nations didn't! His story is in this issue! Plus: The Her-Story of Comics continues! And the insane legal story of the Air Pirates' struggle against Disney! "