Lev Gleason American Daredevil Interview with Brett Dakin by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians

English - October 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
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Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Lawyer and writer Brett Dakin, about his new book, a biography of his grand-uncle Lev Gleason of Lev Gleason Comic Publications discussing his formation of the first modern comic book with Charles Max Gaines, starting the Golden Age Daredevil and Crime Comics with Charles Biro and Bob Wood, his political battles with the House of Unamerican Activities Committee, the FBI, Frederick Wertham, Estes Kefauver, and the Comics Code of America. Explore the life of both Lev Gleason and Lev Gleason Publications. Edited & Produced by Alex Grand.

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