Comic books have a rich history in American culture, and an exhibit now on display in Knight Library profiles the work of one of the major players in the development of the comic book genre, Gardner Francis Fox. In addition to producing scripts for a phenomenal number of popular comic books, Fox was an extraordinarily prolific writer in other genres as well: westerns, science fiction, espionage, crime, swashbucklers, sorcery, historical fiction, erotica, women's romances, and fantasy novels. His work appeared under his own name and ultimately under some 36 pseudonyms, both male and female. In 1967 Gardner Fox's literary agent, August Lenniger, encouraged him to donate his papers to the University of Oregon. The exhibit draws on a rich variety of materials from the collection, now housed in Special Collections and University Archives. The full collection contains Fox's personal collection of about 950 comics, many containing the stories he scripted, as well as his manuscripts, correspondence, fan letters, and research notebooks. The exhibit offers a tour of the history of comic books through the genre's various "ages," including the Golden Age, Atomic Age, and Silver Age.