Bumper Comic Book

Barrett Publishing's Bumper Comic Book ran for 16 issues from 1946 to 1949, a post-war anthology series that packed a variety of genres—from humor and adventure to crime and westerns—into each oversized issue. Though the creators are largely uncredited, the title stands as a representative slice of the booming, wide-open comic book market of the late 1940s, before the industry's shift toward superhero dominance. It matters today as a snapshot of the diverse, often forgotten, non-superhero fare that filled newsstands during comics' Golden Age.