{"id":28757,"date":"2022-03-30T18:38:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bunchofdorks.com\/twodimensionpodcast\/?p=28757"},"modified":"2023-03-05T00:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T05:22:43","slug":"comic-book-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bunchofdorks.com\/twodimensionpodcast\/2022\/03\/30\/comic-book-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Eras Of Comic Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Comic Books Have Been Categorized Into Four Eras Based On When They Were Published. Each Era Has A Different Feel And Tone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Golden Age<\/a> 1938 \u2013 1956<\/strong>
1933 | Eastern Color Printing<\/a>
1935 | National Allied<\/a> *<\/strong>
1936 | Comics Magazine Co<\/a>
1936 | Standard Comics<\/a>
1937 | Ace Comics<\/a>
1937 | David McKay Pub<\/a>
1937 | Quality Comics<\/a>
1938 | All-American<\/a> *<\/strong>
1938 | Centaur Publications<\/a>
1938 | Fiction House<\/a>
1939 | Fawcett Comics<\/a>
1939 | Fox Feature Syndicate<\/a>
1939 | Frank Z. Temerson<\/a>
1939 | Lev Gleason<\/a>
1939 | MLJ<\/a>
1940 | Ace Comics<\/a>
1940 | Columbia Comics<\/a>
1940 | Crestwood Publications<\/a>
1940 | Novelty Press<\/a>
1940 | Street & Smith Comics<\/a>
1941 | Avon Publishing<\/a>
1941 | Gilberton Company<\/a>
1941 | Harvey Comics<\/a>
1941 | Holyoke Publishing<\/a>
1943 | ACG<\/a>
1943 | Dargaud<\/a>
1943 | Dell Comics<\/a>
1943 | Magazine Enterprises<\/a>
1944 | Aviation Press<\/a>
1944 | EC Comics<\/a>
1944 | Spark Publications<\/a>
1945 | Cambridge House<\/a>
1945 | Charlton Comics<\/a>
1945 | Green Publishing<\/a>
1945 | Novack Publishing<\/a>
1945 | Orbit Publications<\/a>
1946 | Archie Comics<\/a>
1946 | National Periodical<\/a> *<\/strong>
1947 | St. John Publications<\/a>
1948 | Hillman Periodicals<\/a>
1949 | Star Publications<\/a>
1949 | Toby Press<\/a>
1949 | Youthful<\/a>
1950 | Ziff-Davis\/Approved<\/a>
1951 | Key Publications<\/a>
1951 | Master Comics<\/a>
1951 | Timely-Atlas<\/a> \u2022<\/strong>
1952 | Comic Media<\/a>
1952 | Farrell Publications<\/a>
1953 | Mainline Publications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Modern Age<\/a> 1985 \u2013 Present Day<\/strong>
1986 | Apple Comics<\/a>
1986 | Dark Horse<\/a>
1986 | Gladstone Publishing<\/a>
1986 | Jademan<\/a>
1986 | Malibu Comics<\/a>
1986 | Slave Labor Graphics<\/a>
1986 | Viz Media<\/a>
1988 | Innovation Publishing<\/a>
1989 | Caliber Comics<\/a>
1989 | Valiant Comics<\/a>
1990 | Disney Comics<\/a>
1990 | Tundra Publishing<\/a>
1991 | Drawn And Quarterly<\/a>
1992 | Image Comics<\/a>
1992 | Topps Comics<\/a>
1993 | Bongo Comics<\/a>
1993 | Defiant Comics<\/a>
1995 | Tekno Comix<\/a>
1996 | Radio Comix<\/a>
1997 | Oni Press<\/a>
1997 | Top Shelf Productions<\/a>
1998 | CrossGen<\/a>
1999 | IDW Publishing<\/a>
2001 | Insight Studios<\/a>
2002 | Archaia Entertainment<\/a>
2004 | Dynamite Ent.<\/a>
2005 | Boom! Studios<\/a>
2005 | Cinebook<\/a>
2005 | Papercutz<\/a>
2006 | First Second Books<\/a>
2007 | Library Of American<\/a>
2015 | AfterShock Comics<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Silver Age<\/a> 1956 \u2013 1970<\/strong>
1957 | Warren Publishing<\/a>
1958 | I. W. Publications<\/a>
1961 | Marvel Comics<\/a> \u2022<\/strong>
1962 | Gold Key<\/a>
1965 | Tower Comics<\/a>
1966 | Eerie Publications<\/a>
1966 | Fitzgerald Publishing<\/a>
1966 | King Comics<\/a>
1966 | M. F. Enterprises<\/a>
1969 | AC Comics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bronze Age <\/a>1970 \u2013 1985<\/strong>
1970 | Skywald Publications<\/a>
1974 | Atlas-Seaboard<\/a>
1974 | Humano\u00efdes<\/a>
1976 | Fantagraphics<\/a>
1977 | Aardvark-Vanaheim<\/a>
1977 | DC Comics<\/a> *<\/strong>
1977 | WaRP Graphics<\/a>
1978 | Eclipse Comics<\/a>
1978 | FantaCo Enterprises<\/a>
1981 | Capital Comics<\/a>
1981 | Pacific Comics<\/a>
1981 | Titan Publishing<\/a>
1982 | Comico<\/a>
1982 | Epic Comics<\/a>
1982 | Vortex Comics<\/a>
1983 | 1First Comics<\/a>
1983 | Eagle Comics<\/a>
1983 | Mirage Studios<\/a>
1984 | Antarctic Press<\/a>
1984 | Continuity Comics<\/a>
1984 | NBM Publishing<\/a>
1985 | Aircel Comics<\/a>
1985 | Dragon Lady Press<\/a>
1985 | Now Comics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside The Mainstream<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Underground Comix<\/a><\/strong>
1965 | Print Mint<\/a>
1968 | Apex Novelties<\/a>
1969 | Rip Off Press<\/a>
1970 | Kitchen Sink Press<\/a>
1970 | Last Gasp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scott Conner’s<\/a><\/strong> Thoughts On The Four Ages…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is why all the terminology for the various ages of comics<\/a> is so confusing… No one can really agree upon when the Platinum Age<\/a> started. Some say it was in 1735<\/a> when the element was first identified by Antonio de Ulloa<\/a><\/strong>, while others say it started in 1931<\/a> when women started dying their hair that color after seeing the Howard Hughes<\/a><\/strong> movie with the titular hair color<\/a>. This is also often confused with the Plantium Age<\/a>, which started in 1982<\/a> when Robert Plant’s<\/a><\/strong> first solo album was released. Prior to that when he was in Zeppelin<\/a>, the years 1968-1980<\/a> were known as the Led Age.Golden Age<\/a> is also a very nebulous term. Some people believe it started in 1985<\/a> with the first TV broadcast of the show Golden Girls<\/a>. Others believe the term came into use when the very first bowl of Golden Grahams <\/a>cereal was eaten in 1978<\/a>. Even more confusing is that Golden Girls<\/a> is an episodic TV series but not considered to be a cereal<\/a> series. More astute fans often place it as beginning in 1977<\/a> with artist Michael Golden’s<\/a><\/strong> first published work in comics. Finding those early works by him is very difficult and digging them out of back issue boxes often requires the heightened senses of a Golden retriever<\/a>.The Bronze Age<\/a> started in 1933<\/a> with the publication of the first Doc Savage<\/a> book. This is often confused with the Copper Age<\/a>, but that was due to Doc’s<\/a> actual skin color. And to further complicate things, Copper<\/a> was first used in the year 1704<\/a> to refer to police officers<\/a>, although dirty coppers<\/a> was also used to refer to the godawful printing plates<\/a> used to publish comics which resulted in such poor print quality.The Silver Age<\/a> also has very little consensus as to when it actually started. Some say it was in 1968<\/a> when the first issue of Silver Surfer<\/a> was published. Others date it as far back as 1911<\/a> and the birth of the comedian Phil Silvers<\/a><\/strong>. People have been saving up their money to buy Silver Age books since 1836<\/a> when the first silver coin<\/a> was minted in the United States. This is not to be confused with Mint<\/a> graded Silver Age<\/a> books. This is also not to be confused with the ever-dwindling average page count<\/a> of modern comics<\/a>, which is known as the Silver Age<\/a>.The Iron Age<\/a> is universally agreed upon to have started in 1980<\/a> with the release of the first Iron Maiden<\/a> album. The start of the Iron Age<\/a> is also when people started pressing dilapidated comics with bent spines<\/a>. This practice became far more common starting in 1988<\/a> when the first Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/a> comic was published, and such pressed comics<\/a> were known as Bent Spiners<\/a>. This trend has been verified by multiple Data collectors<\/a>.The Chrome Age<\/a> (not to be confused with the first publication of Conan the Barbarian<\/a>, which is actually the Crom Age<\/a>) is also sometimes considered to be linked to the first appearance of the Silver Surfer<\/a>, not only to his skin color but also to his lack of hair which is known as a chrome dome<\/a>. There was a very poor attempt at giving him a partial hairdo in one issue, but this was quickly abandoned when the artist simply didn’t draw him with enough hair to have anything more than a chromeover. This can also be confused with the character ROM<\/a>, who had a very similar coloration. This can be further confused by Marvel missing a Golden opportunity<\/a> to reprint those issues digitally on a CD-ROM<\/a>. The lack of which results in dubious disc-burned bootleg copies<\/a> which often pop up on eBay and are referred to as seedy ROMs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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