The comic appeal to all kinds of people. They enjoy a higher readership on the whole than any other feature in the newspaper, with the exception of the front page headlines. Comics are used for social criticism, for children education, as well as for political propaganda. Thus they acquire a cultural significance. The comics affect culture in a variety of popular expressions, ranging from influencing the health and eating habits of millions to providing the public with a continuing series of culture heroes fully as exciting as heroes in others fields. They should, therefore, be studied as active forces in the development of national character. Their creators try to reach the widest possible public and reflect their manners and thoughts. As a result, the comics are extraordinary cultivation of images mirroring what we, a people, have been like throughout the centuries and are like today this latter ole of the comics as passive reflectors of the culture is perhaps more important than their active role as molders of that culture.