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Musings, Words, Thoughts.....
About Comics
Call Me Nell
Call Me Nell
Know Your Age
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The Golden Age (1938-1956)
The first boom and bust of superhero comics.
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The Silver Age (1956-1970)
The second boom of superhero comics, the Marvel Revolution, the first era in which kids who grew up on superhero books were old enough to write them.
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The Bronze Age (1970-1984)
A push for greater topicality and character depth, a surge of superheroines and heroes of color, the rise of soap opera team books like X-Men and Teen Titans, and the return of popular non-superhero monthly comics.
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The Modern Age (1984-)
Literally everything from 1984 on.
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