In this study of Hollywood gangster films, Jonathan Munby examines their controversial content and how it was subjected to continual moral and political censure. Beginning in the early 1930s, these films told compelling stories about ethnic urban lower-class desires to "make it" in an America dominated by Anglo-Saxon Protestant ideals and devastated by the Great Depression. By the late 1940s, however, their focus shifted to the problems of a culture maladjusting to a new peacetime sociopolitical order governed by corporate capitalism. The gangster no longer challenged the establishment; the issue was not "making it," but simply "making do." Combining film analysis with archival material from the Production Code Administration (Hollywood's self-censoring authority), Munby shows how the industry circumvented censure, and how its altered gangsters (influenced by European filmmakers) fueled the infamous inquisitions of Hollywood in the postwar '40s and '50s by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Ultimately, this provocative study suggests that we rethink our ideas about crime and violence in depictions of Americans fighting against the status quo.

When World War Two Ended the focus of fighting crime and evil once more turned toward the domestic shores - where police and FBI became the modern realistic superheroes. PUBLIC ENEMIES told exciting and colorful stories of the men (and women) who break the law, and those who would catch them. Although it only had a short run (1948-1949) it represents some of the best story-telling of the Golden Age - and we have them all here for you!As individual issues;In a 3-volume collection;Altogether in CLASSIC COMICS LIBRARY #159RARE 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]

When World War Two Ended the focus of fighting crime and evil once more turned toward the domestic shores - where police and FBI became the modern realistic superheroes. PUBLIC ENEMIES told exciting and colorful stories of the men (and women) who break the law, and those who would catch them. Although it only had a short run (1948-1949) it represents some of the best story-telling of the Golden Age - and we have them all here for you! As individual issues; In a 3-volume collection; Altogether in CLASSIC COMICS LIBRARY #159 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 ADS Get the complete catalog by contacting [email protected]

When World War Two Ended the focus of fighting crime and evil once more turned toward the domestic shores - where police and FBI became the modern realistic superheroes. PUBLIC ENEMIES told exciting and colorful stories of the men (and women) who break the law, and those who would catch them. Although it only had a short run (1948-1949) it represents some of the best story-telling of the Golden Age - and we have them all here for you! As individual issues; In a 3-volume collection; Altogether in CLASSIC COMICS LIBRARY #159 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 ADS Get the complete catalog by contacting [email protected]

When World War Two Ended the focus of fighting crime and evil once more turned toward the domestic shores - where police and FBI became the modern realistic superheroes. PUBLIC ENEMIES told exciting and colorful stories of the men (and women) who break the law, and those who would catch them. Although it only had a short run (1948-1949) it represents some of the best story-telling of the Golden Age - and we have them all here for you! As individual issues; In a 3-volume collection; Altogether in CLASSIC COMICS LIBRARY #159 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 ADS Get the complete catalog by contacting [email protected]

When World War Two Ended the focus of fighting crime and evil once more turned toward the domestic shores - where police and FBI became the modern realistic superheroes. PUBLIC ENEMIES told exciting and colorful stories of the men (and women) who break the law, and those who would catch them. Although it only had a short run (1948-1949) it represents some of the best story-telling of the Golden Age - and we have them all here for you!As individual issues;In a 3-volume collection;Altogether in CLASSIC COMICS LIBRARY #159RARE 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]

When World War Two Ended the focus of fighting crime and evil once more turned toward the domestic shores - where police and FBI became the modern realistic superheroes. PUBLIC ENEMIES told exciting and colorful stories of the men (and women) who break the law, and those who would catch them. Although it only had a short run (1948-1949) it represents some of the best story-telling of the Golden Age - and we have them all here for you! As individual issues; In a 3-volume collection; Altogether in CLASSIC COMICS LIBRARY #159 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 ADS Get the complete catalog by contacting [email protected]