Degradation! Crime! Madness! Hysteria surrounded marijuana as a perceived gateway drug from the 1930s to the 1950s and beyond. Adventure Comics, by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and works by Frank Frazetta, Jerry Robinson, Jack Kirby, and many more, reveal the social reaction to this era of "Reefer Madness." From comically misinformed to soberly concerned, these comics lament the impact of weed on youth culture.
Eisner and Harvey Award winner Craig Yoe brings us his newest collection of wacky, wild, and culturally relevant comics!
Contents
- Introduction
- Satan's Cigarettes
- Trapping New England's Chain Murderer!
- Monkey On Her Back
- Kerry Drake
- Trapped!
- Marijuana
- Federal Men
- Abbie An' Slats
- Hopped-Up Killer
- Sorry-No Cigarettes Today!
- Shakedown!
- We Can Stop The Enemies Of Youth
- My Scandalous Affair!
- Dope Menace
- Holiday Of Horror!
- I Was A Racket Girl!
- The Death Drug!
- Wanted-Vincent Pelucer
- I Was A Musician's Girl
- The Horror Weed
- Hooked!
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