A History Lesson in Comic Books and Unrealistic Body Types

Jennifer R. Povey
3 min readJul 16, 2021
Photo by Dev on Unsplash

So, my husband has never been the comic collector in the family. But as a boy growing up in the 70s and 80s, he did in fact acquire comics.

Somehow, these comics survived some shoddy treatment in a readable form and are now in my possession. None of them are better than fair condition, most are poor or worse, but they are readable.

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Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.