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  • Sub-genre is exactly "Cold War science fiction"

Doomsday + 1
Many Science Fiction stories that portray man-made apocalypses use nuclear war as the inciting incident. The Doomsday + 1 comics are an example of this in displaying a possible outcome of a nuclear war between two of the world’s most powerful…

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Details how animals were being tested to send for space. This is before humans were sent into space.

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The story makes a lot of references to the cold war and threat of nuclear weapons. Also alludes to a third war that was potentially in the midst of occurring.

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Space man's artwork eludes to the space race that was happening between the United States and Russia during the Cold War. The artwork expressed through the panels and cover offer insight to the Cold War.

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Doomsday +1 is a comic that has artwork that draws ideas from the Cold War. The artwork on the cover shows the portrayal of America during this time.

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The comic book takes place in the future where a South American ruler launches missiles at Russia and US. Thinking that the other is at fault, both countries retaliate by launching more missiles before realizing their faults. The story focuses on…

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Steve Austin, a secret agent, is on a mission to bring down a criminal organization that is using nuclear missiles for their financial gains.

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A scientist named Andrei Komlin, chief of the physics laboratory, has been conducting unethical experiments on his assistant without any supervision. After being diagnosed with a terminal disease, Komlin decides to conduct various different…

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A story about a US laboratory working on Nuclear Weapons. This development driven by the cold war.
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