Temmen en verontrusten: de atoombom in de strripverhalen Blake en Mortimer en Tom Poes (1946-1960)

Using the ideas of Hannah Arendt and Jerome Bruner on the interpretive meaning of stories, the article analyses the contrasting images of the atom bomb in two very popular comics series in the Netherlands. One series attempted to reassure the readers about the impact of the new weapon, the other one to disturb the optimism of political propaganda.