{
  "id": 3270638,
  "title": "Why Comics Were SO WEIRD in the '50s and '60s",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/why-comics-were-so-weird-in-the-50s-and-60s",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-25T13:15:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/video/why-comics-were-so-weird-in-the-50s-and-60s/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "If you've ever gone back and looked at some of the old comic book covers from the '50s and '60s, you might've noticed that most of them were pretty... odd. But why is that? Polygon's resident comics expert, Susana Polo, explains!",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}