The editorial cartoonist examines the American art form which produced comic book heroes such as Batman, Superman, and Captain Marvel in the nineteen-thirties and forties.

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One hundred twenty-eight biting cartoons reflect on the eight years of U.S. history when Reagan sat in the director's chair. According to the preface, Movie America stars a president who believes only in the movie version of history, and depicts a whitewashed country that "operates within the logic, illusion, and structure of a myth".