Atomic Attack 5 First Issue

It was the heat of the Cold War, and World War III was due any time --- so the comic tried to imagine what it would like! Both interesting and terrifying, ATOMIC ATTACK (1953) played on the fears and the fascination of Americans, and brought colorful action with the CRY, "I'll Fight In Tomorrow's War" You can find all 4 individual issues, the COMPLETE ATOMIC ATTACK in one volume, or as part of the Atomic Age Collection in the 350-page CLASSIC COMICS LIBRARY #144!RARE COMICS CAN BE HARD TO FIND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. These books are reprinted from the best available images, and the books will be updated as new copies are uncovered. Sometimes the early and rarer books reflect the age and the condition of the originals. Many people enjoy these authentic characteristics. If you are not entirely happy, please contact us for exchange or refund at any time!ALL STORIES - NO ADSGet the complete catalog by contacting [email protected]

Trinity, the debut graphic book by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, depicts the dramatic history of the race to build and the decision to drop the first atomic bomb in World War Two—with a focus on the brilliant, enigmatic scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer. "Succeeds as both a graphic primer and a philosophical meditation." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) This sweeping historical narrative traces the spark of invention from the laboratories of nineteenth-century Europe to the massive industrial and scientific efforts of the Manhattan Project, and even transports the reader into a nuclear reaction—into the splitting atoms themselves. The power of the atom was harnessed in a top-secret government compound in Los Alamos, New Mexico, by a group of brilliant scientists led by the enigmatic wunderkind J. Robert Oppenheimer. Focused from the start on the monumentally difficult task of building an atomic weapon, these men and women soon began to wrestle with the moral implications of actually succeeding. When they detonated the first bomb at a test site code-named Trinity, they recognized that they had irreversibly thrust the world into a new and terrifying age. With powerful renderings of WWII's catastrophic events at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Fetter-Vorm unflinchingly chronicles the far-reaching political, environmental, and psychological effects of this new invention. Informative and thought-provoking, Trinity is the ideal introduction to one of the most significant events in history.

**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award** The definitive history of nuclear weapons—from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project—this epic work details the science, the people, and the sociopolitical realities that led to the development of the atomic bomb. This sweeping account begins in the 19th century, with the discovery of nuclear fission, and continues to World War Two and the Americans’ race to beat Hitler’s Nazis. That competition launched the Manhattan Project and the nearly overnight construction of a vast military-industrial complex that culminated in the fateful dropping of the first bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Reading like a character-driven suspense novel, the book introduces the players in this saga of physics, politics, and human psychology—from FDR and Einstein to the visionary scientists who pioneered quantum theory and the application of thermonuclear fission, including Planck, Szilard, Bohr, Oppenheimer, Fermi, Teller, Meitner, von Neumann, and Lawrence. From nuclear power’s earliest foreshadowing in the work of H.G. Wells to the bright glare of Trinity at Alamogordo and the arms race of the Cold War, this dread invention forever changed the course of human history, and The Making of The Atomic Bomb provides a panoramic backdrop for that story. Richard Rhodes’s ability to craft compelling biographical portraits is matched only by his rigorous scholarship. Told in rich human, political, and scientific detail that any reader can follow, The Making of the Atomic Bomb is a thought-provoking and masterful work.

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The threat of nuclear war was a constant concern on many people's minds beginning in the early 1950's andthe comic book industry was quick to exploit those fears. ATOMIC BATTLES GIANT compiles five completeseries focusing on the threat of nuclear weapons. Whether the danger is on the battlefield, the home frontor even in outer space ATOMIC BATTLES GIANT has gripping tales of nuclear weapons and their fallout.Four comic book companies over the course of a few years would produce five separate titles centered aroundthe potential uses of fissionable weapons. Ace Magazines would publish four issues of the series ATOMIC WARstarting in November of 1952. Youthful Magazines, Inc. published four issues of ATOMIC ATTACK betweenJanuary and October of 1953. St. John Publishing produced five issues of ATOM-AGE COMBAT from June 1952to April 1953. Starting in January of 1959 Fago Publications released two issues of their own ATOM-AGECOMBAT comic. WORLD WAR III was a two issue comic published by Ace Magazines, the first issue publishedMarch of 1952 and the second in May of 1953.Some of the amazing artists in ATOMIC BATTLES GIANT include Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, Bill Molno, Jim McLaughlin, Chic Stone, Vince Napoli, Harry Harrison, Vic Carrabotta, Ralph Mayo, and Dick Ayers.ATOMIC BATTLES GIANT collects in one massive 580 page tome of destruction the following comics;ATOMIC WAR #1-4, ATOMIC ATTACK #5-8, ATOM-AGE COMBAT #1-6 (St. John), ATOM-AGE COMBAT #2 & 3(Fago Publications) and WORLD WAR III #1 & 2THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK FORMATS AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOROR BLACK & WHITE.

This book discusses the decision to use the atomic bomb. Libraries and scholars will find it a necessary adjunct to their other studies by Pulitzer-Prize author Herbert Feis on World War II. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

A "behind-the-scenes account of the 116 days leading up to the Americans attack on Hiroshima"--Dust jacket flap.