David Hajdu
Professor, cultural critic, and author of The Ten-Cent Plague; provides historical context and analysis of the anti-comics movement of the 1950s.
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Feb 2, 2026 • 31min
The Great Comic Book Scare
Jeremy Dauber, professor and author of American Comics, offers historical perspective on superheroes and industry shifts. David Hajdu, cultural critic and author of The Ten-Cent Plague, traces the rise of the anti-comics movement. They explore the 1950s moral panic, courtroom showdowns, the Comics Code’s creation, horror comics’ collapse, and the culture that spawned underground comix.
