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The Ten-Cent Plague Stephen Thrower the theme of this thirdIn the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish Congress only to resurface with a crooked smile on its face in "Mad "magazine. The story of the rise and fall of those comic books has