How to Read Superhero Comics and WhySuperhero comic books are traditionally thought to have two distinct periods, two major waves of creativity: the Golden Age and the Silver Age. In simple terms, the Golden Age was the birth of the superhero proper out of the pulp novel characters of the early 1930s, and was primarily associated with the DC Comics Group. Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman are the most famous creations of this period. In the early 1960s, Marvel Comics launched a completely new line of heroes, the primary figures of the Silver Age: the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, and Daredevil. |
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Melancholy and the Infinite Earths | 19 |
The Bat and the Watchmen Introducing the Revisionary Superhero Narrative | 25 |
It is with considerable difficulty The Revisionary Superhero Narrative Phase Two | 77 |
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