In a new book 'Presidents At War,' historian Steven M. Gillon takes a look at how World War II impacted a generation of ...

Siegel and Shuster’s publication of Superman took the comic world by storm and hastened the comic books’ entrance into World War II. An immigrant, like many Americans, Superman and his alter ...

Syracuse University professor Brian Taylor, author of Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction, packs a wealth of analysis and interesting facts into a compact book. Taylor explains the Soviet ...

The sales of comic books increased markedly during World War II. They were cheap, portable and had inspirational, patriotic stories of good triumphing over evil. The tales very much reflected the ...