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Early Days
In 1896 the comic Yellow Kid appeared in a Sun-
day paper. The kid wore a wide yellow suit. The
words he “spoke” were written on the suit. People
thumbed through the papers just to read the comic.
Soon comics were in many Sunday papers. When
one artist used a speech balloon to show a character
speaking, other artists began to use the balloons. At
about the same time, artists developed panels, or
boxes, to show a series of events. Later, publishers
put comics in their papers every day.
1941: Calling All Girls, 1939–1945: Comic books 1970s: Comic
first comic for girls popular with WWII soldiers book collecting
1940 1960 1980
1938: First Superman 1954: Standards for comic books Present: Motion pictures
set by Comics Code Authority based on comic books
1950s: First comics
for grownups
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