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The 1940s marked the Golden Age of comic books. It was an era of Pow! Kabam! and, in Minneapolis, a few amens. Britt Aamodt investigates Catholic Publications Company, whose comics taught lessons that went beyond supervillains. [Read Transcript...]
When enterprising Wilford Fawcett came home to Robbinsdale, MN, after World War I, he thought it would be good business to publish the dirty jokes he heard in the trenches overseas. He called his magazine "Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang" and it became a huge success. MN90 producer Marisa Helms tells us Fawcett made a small fortune off of his bawdy humor magazine and went on to build a publishing empire of hobby magazines and comic books, including Captain Marvel. [Read Transcript...]
