If an A-bomb Falls

The civil defense comics that received, perhaps, the largest distribution were If an A-bomb Falls (1951) and The H-bomb and You (1954). "If an A-bomb Falls" first appeared in the Washington Post in July 1951 as a multipanel sequence, the first of its kind. In daily installments, the Post reprinted Commercial Comics cartoonists rendition of the civil defense booklet "Survival Under Atomic Attack." As the clearly drawn... 

If an A-bomb Falls," Washington Post, July 15, 1951, Mil July 16, 1951, Bl July 18, 1951, Bl July 19, 1951, Bl July 20, 1951, Bl, etc. The quotation is from the comic book version, If an A-bomb Falls (1951) http //www.ep.tc/comics/a-bomb/ (accessed August 7, 2009). "Series of 7 Illustrated Panels Shows How to Survive an Attack," Wash-... 

If an A-bomb Falls. 1951. http //www.ep.tc/comics/abomb/abomb4.html. 

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