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When his daughter announces her engagement, a doting middle-class father must contend with a variety of problems, ranging from money issues to wedding planning difficulties.

At the height of anti-comics hysteria, youth groups, churches, and schools arranged for big bonfires. And no comics—not even ‘Archie’—were spared. The 160 boys and girls in Corpus Christi Memorial ...