The H-Bomb and You

Published by the Maryland Civil Defense Agency in cooperation with the Federal Civil Defense Administration, this 1955 one-shot comic was written by Malcolm Ater to educate the public on surviving a nuclear attack. It serves as a period artifact of Cold War-era civil defense, blending instructional diagrams with a straightforward, sober tone to explain fallout shelters and emergency preparedness. While short-lived, it remains a notable example of government-issued comics used as practical propaganda.