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The Human Torch Does Fire Protection: The History Of Fire Safety Comics For Kids Comic books: one of the few great American art forms, known worldwide as mental rot and poison. But a few comics have attempted to rise above their low image by providing valuable public services. In particular, there's the NFPA's line of fire protection comics for kids. The Little Extinguisher Box Of Tricks: "Magic Extinguisher" And Early Film A fire extinguisher: for most of us, nothing but a standard piece of safety equipment, tied to the wall with extinguisher brackets and sealed in an extinguisher box. But for the early filmmakers of a largely pre-narrative Hollywood, a fire extinguisher of the classic pre-pressurized type was just another means of struggling to develop a common language of film.