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Started in 1933 when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman and sold the character to DC Comics. In 1938 Superman was debuted in Action Comics #1

After that, superheroes in comic books became very popular and new superheroes were made, including Batman, Wonder Woman, and Plastic Man.

Comic Books became especially popular during World War II, they were cheap and portable, and were often sent to the U.S soldiers to read in their down time. Many superheroes had very patriotic themes, and a very popular superhero, Captain America's sole purpose was to support the war effort.

After World War II ended, superhero's popularity declined more and more. They were surpassed by comic book genres such as Westerns and SciFi. And so ends the Golden Age of comic books

Mostly, comic books were about horror or romance. However, controversy arose over links between comic books and juvenile delinquency, mostly targeted to the violent content of the horror genre. In 1954, publishers implemented the Comics Code Authority to regulate comic content. After this, publishers started introducing superhero stories again.

DC Comics began with introduction of a new version of The Flash in Showcase #4 in October of 1956

Due to high demand of Showcase #4, DC Comics as well as marvel comics began reviving old characters as well as creating many new ones, thus creating The Silver Age of comic books.

The Bronze Age of comic books began at the start of the seventies. There isn't a single point that is thought of as the start of the Bronze Age, but a number of events and issues brought together were different from the comics that came the decade before. The comics in the Bronze Age focused more on real world issues like poverty, race, and drug abuse.

This era also introduced many superheroes of different ethnic background, such as Storm, Vixen, John Stewart as Green Lantern, and Luke Cage.

Around the mid-70's, DC Comics was coming out with many new titles, but due to inaccurate sales predictions the company was brought close to bankruptcy. In that time, Marvel gained about 50% of the market.

The ending point for the Bronze Age is 1986. DC had just finished its event Crisis on Infinite Earths and became a serious challenger for Marvel again. This was also the time of Alan Moore's Watchmen and Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns which redefined the superhero genre.

The Modern Age of comic books started where the Bronze Age left off. Also thought of as the "Dark Era" It introduced a more grim and gritty take on superheroes with titles like Alan Moore's Watchmen, where the superheroes were psychologically flawed, even more so than the bad guys.

It also saw many independent comics start to grow more popular as regular writers became more well-known.

As people read comic books less and less, many movie adaptations were made and grew very popular. Marvel's The Avengers made 1.5 billion dollars, making it the third highest grossing film of all time.

To make comics more reader-friendly, DC Comics rebooted all of their titles. In 2011, all of their titles went back to issue #1. This was called "The New 52"

Comic Book Timeline

Bronze Age of Comic Books

Golden Age of Comic Books

1970-1985

1938-1950

Notable Comics of the Bronze Age

Notable Comic Issues of the Golden Age

Before Superheroes

Comic books were just newspaper cartoons that were reprinted into books. Such as Peanuts and Dennis the menace.

Silver Age of Comic Books

Modern Age of Comic Books

1956- 1970

1985-Present

Notable Comics of the Silver Age

Notable Comics in this Era

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