{"product_id":"bungleton-green-and-the-mystic-commandos-9781681376653","title":"Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos","description":"\u003cb\u003eMeet Bungleton Green--an anti-racist time traveler and the first-ever Black superhero, created more than a decade before characters such as Black Panther and Falcon.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1942, almost a year after America entered the Second World War, Jay Jackson--a former railroad worker and sign painter, now working as a cartoonist and illustrator for the legendary Black newspaper the \u003ci\u003eChicago Defender\u003c\/i\u003e--did something unexpected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe took the \u003ci\u003eDefender\u003c\/i\u003e's stale and long-running gag strip \u003ci\u003eBungleton Green\u003c\/i\u003e and remade it into a gripping, anti-racist science-fiction adventure comic. He teamed the bum- bling Green with a crew of Black teens called the Mystic Commandos, and together they battled the enemies of America and racial equality in the past, present, and future. Nazis, segregationist senators, Benedict Arnold, fifth columnists, eighteenth- century American slave traders, evil scientists, and a nation of racist Green Men all faced off against the Mystic Commandos and Green, who in the strip's run would be transformed by Jackson into the first-ever Black superhero. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNever before collected or republished, Jackson's stories are packed with jaw-dropping twists and breathtaking action, and present a radical vision of a brighter American future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681376653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022 pg. 138\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jay Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42451411304629,"sku":"9781681376653","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4422aa69-3168-42f3-bd5c-b03146d11323.jpg?v=1666108362","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bungleton-green-and-the-mystic-commandos-9781681376653","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}