The History of Comic Book Letter Columns
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Letter columns aren't as popular in comic books as they were before social media allowed us all to easily share our thoughts and opinions, but they have a long history. This episode goes over the highlights of the Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, and Modern Age of comics and how letters columns changed with the times to connect and engage with their readers. From corrections and No Prizes to seeing snapshots in time of what was important to readers to deep essays and critiques, letters pages have always offered value even after the monthly periodicals have moved into back issue status. And you'd be surprised how many future famous people wrote in.