There was a time when comic books were an integral ingredient of growing up in America. Boys tended to read super hero comics and girls favored Archie and love comics. Nevertheless, the common ingredient was a love for the medium. Ironically, today comic books are merely loss leader breeding grounds for future screen heroes. Even as movie blockbusters based on comics gross hundreds of millions of dollars, the comic books that spawned the heroes are mostly neglected. Yet as recently as 1993 America was comic book crazy. However, a witches brew of speculation, greed, distribution inefficiencies and watered-down content combined to virtually drive the industry out of business. Weekly Standard writer Jonathan V. Last gives a comprehensive analysis of the great comic book crash of 1993. Click here to read