Before Fredric Wertham and The Seduction of the Innocent (SOTI),before the Kefauver Hearings, and before the infamous Comics Code, the comicbook racks at local drug stores and newsstands boasted a plethora of delightshighlighted by the good girl adventures of the comic book version of BrendaStarr. These four-color wonders displayed all the finer things loved bycomic books buyers: good girls, bondage, a little torture, and other excitingthings, which adults thought would corrupt the morals of young andimpressionable readers (Brenda Starr cover art was even used as anexample in SOTI). Now for the first time in over fifty years comics fanscan read and own these rare comics from another era, digitally restored toperfection and presented in an archival hardcover.
In addition to presenting all of the Brenda Starr stories, thisreprint also boasts all of the scintillating back-up features found in thesebooks as well. WARNING! These stories are not for the faint of heart!
Thie volume collects the first eight issues of the Superior ComicsBrenda Starr Pre-Code comics with art by Jack Kamen and Matt Baker,complete with a historic essay and documentarymaterial.

Visual artist(s): Matt Baker, Jack Kamen