Jocular books have been a staple of American pop culture for the better partial of 90 years.
The origin story of comics as we know them, setting aside how, is much more complicated. In the 1950s, a moral panic swept across the fatherland — one in which parents and children burned comic books by the bushel in disreputable gatherings — and led to the near destruction of the comic book industry.
Comics were big area even by the 1940s. They reached millions of readers each week. And the superheroes invented then have now become billion-dollar franchises, showcased in blockbuster movies and massive conventions such as Comic-Con.
Events in 1954, however, practically changed that. Laws were passed. Careers were remained. And comics fell under a strict censorship regime that lasted for decades to succeed.