Language: PG (2 swears); Mature Content: PG (cigarettes and references drinking beer); Violence: PG-13 (nuclear bombs dropping on the town/houses)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
During a seemingly run-of-the-mill day, the McClean family finds themselves under attack from the Soviet Union during the Cold War in 1950s Midwest suburbia.
This is the first installment of the series, so it ends in a bit of a cliffhanger. The pacing starts out a little slow but escalates very quickly, making for an on-the-edge-of-your-seat read. The comic does a great job of capturing the feel of the 1950s, with references to the Korean War and featuring the stereotypically white-picket-fence, all-American family. It is quite terrifying to consider what might have happened if things went any differently during the Cold War. I could see this comic being used in a US History class for a “what-if” assignment or a supplemental text in an ELA class.
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