PT Unknown AU Philipzig, J TI Ideology and Power in Pre-Code Comic Books: Struggles for Cultural Space, Audience, and Meaning PY 2013 PU Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel WP https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00012743 LA en DE Comics; language; ideology; cultural studies; marketing; visual media; word and image; genre; superhero; villain; horror; crime; romance; war; western; artistic style; parody; stereotype; reflexivity; subculture; fandom; violence; values; gender; hyper-masculinity; class; race; age; propaganda; censorship; moral panic; youth market; Superman; Batman; The Spirit; Wonder Woman; Plastic Man; Justice Society of America; Captain America; Mad Magazine; Comic-Heft; Sprache; Ideologie; Vermarktung; visuelle Medien; Wort und Bild; Superheld; Erzschurke; Krimi-Genre; Liebesgeschichte; Kriegsgeschichte; künstlerischer Stil; Parodie; Stereotyp; Reflexivität; Subkultur; Fangemeinde; Gewalt; Werte; Geschlecht; Hyper-Männlichkeit; Klasse; Rasse; Alter; Zensur; moralische Panik; Jugendmarkt; Satiremagazin Mad AB Drawing on the theories of cultural studies, this study investigates the “Golden Age” of comic books in context of the broader power struggles of their time. It traces the comic-book medium’s cultural roots, its rise to popularity, and its persistent struggles for meanings, cultural space, and an audience. Characters, genres, stereotypes, myths, styles, reflexive devices, and many other narrative elements are discussed as encodings of ideology within the systems of production, consumption, and textuality. PI Kiel ER