{"id":535,"date":"2009-02-22T12:18:35","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T17:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=535"},"modified":"2009-02-22T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2009-02-22T17:21:06","slug":"the-ten-cent-plague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/22\/the-ten-cent-plague\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ten Cent Plague"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A short post here to mention a really great book by David Hajdu, <em>The Ten Cent Plague<\/em>.\u00a0 Published in 2008, Hajdu&#8217;s book explores the effect of the &#8220;comics scare&#8221; related to crime and horror comics that occured just after World War II until the early 1950&#8217;s.\u00a0 This book is very well researched and is a great read.\u00a0 I would recommend this book to any fan of the Golden Age of Comic Books who wants to learn more about the Senate\u00a0Committee Hearings,\u00a0Wertham and his \u00a0<em>Seduction of the Innocent<\/em>, Bill Gaines&#8217; infamous testimony\u00a0and the birth of the Comics Code Authority.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_537\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/tencentplauge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-537\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-537\" title=\"The Ten Cent Plague by David Hajdu (2008)\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/tencentplauge-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Ten Cent Plague by David Hajdu (2008)\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/tencentplauge-208x300.jpg 208w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/tencentplauge-104x150.jpg 104w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/tencentplauge.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ten Cent Plague by David Hajdu (2008)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can read more about this book by going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidhajdu.com\/books\/TenCentPlague.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hajdu&#8217;s web site<\/a>.\u00a0 He was also interviewed on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/173311\/june-11-2008\/david-hajdu\" target=\"_blank\">Colbert Report <\/a>about his book.<\/p>\n<p>The book was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and\u00a0is available for\u00a0$26.00 (hardback) and $16.00 (paperback).\u00a0 It&#8217;s available on Amazon in paperback for about $11.00.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin: 1px;\"><br><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6740759833732487\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:6\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br><\/div><div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-535\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/22\/the-ten-cent-plague\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-535\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/22\/the-ten-cent-plague\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/22\/the-ten-cent-plague\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/22\/the-ten-cent-plague\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short post here to mention a really great book by David Hajdu, The Ten Cent Plague.\u00a0 Published in 2008, Hajdu&#8217;s book explores the effect of the &#8220;comics scare&#8221; 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