Comic Book Collection "Sequential art" (the arrangement of
pictures or images and words to narrate a story or dramatize an
idea ¹) is the oldest form of written story telling; it dates
back to prehistoric cave paintings. Comic strips are a
relatively recent incarnation of sequential art. They were a
major selling point in newspapers at the beginning of the 20th
century. Comic books started as collections of the comic strips,
and became popular in the 1930s. Superman is credited with
popularizing the now familiar story form of the comic book.
Comic books had their heyday in the aftermath of WWII. Captain
Marvel Adventures sold more than 14 million copies in 1944. The
genre kept growing. In 1946, 157 comic book titles (series) were
published. In 1953, there were 500 titles with 816 million comic
books sold. In 1954, there were 650 separate comic book titles
published and over one billion issues sold. That was the peak of
the comic book industry. The rise of television is generally
seen as the main factor in the