Comic Art History Bsu Exam #2 Golden & Silver Age

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Platinum Age

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anything before 1938

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Golden Age

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1938-early 1950s

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Silver Age

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1956-1969

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Bronze Age

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1970-1985

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Comics during Golden Age

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National Periodicals (DC), Fawcett, Timely, Quality, Dell

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EC Comics

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1950-1956

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McCarthyism

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Snt Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin
paranoid belief in 50s about communists

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Frederick Wertham

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1954 Seduction of the innocent
caused investigation in comics
problem with american youth was comic books
it led children to lust, violence, truancy, and anarchy
fed on mothers fear with word SEX
Batman and Robin were homosexuals
Wonder Women is a lesbian

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Comics Code Authority

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1954 major comics publishers join to form
to avoid government legislation
to clear tarnished reputations
Comics were sanitized, all comics had to submit before being published, major changes often made
Put EC, Fiction House, Quality, etc out of business
MAD Comics became MAD magazine

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Comics of The Silver Age

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DC (National Periodicals) & Marvel Comics (previosly Timely, then Atlas, then Marvel)

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first apperance of Superman

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1938 by Jerry Siegal & Joe Shuster
(DC Action Comics #1)

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first apperance of Batman

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1939 by Bob Kane and Bill Finger

(DC Detective Comics #27)
(Robin joins #38)

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first apperance of Human Torch & Sub-Mariner

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1939 by Carl Burgos & Bill Everett
(Marvel Comics #1)

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first appearance of Captain America

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1941 by Jack Kirby & Joe Simon
([Marvel] Captain America #1)

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National Periodicals (DC)

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Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Women, The Flash, Justice Society of America, Hourman, The Spectre, Sandman, Starman, Hawkman, Dr. Fate, etc

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Fawcett

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Captain Marvel (SHAZAM), Bulletman, Spy Smasher, Captain Midnight, Ibis, Mary Marvel, Capt. Marvel, Jr.

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Timely (later Atlas, later still Marvel)

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Human Torch, Sub-Mariner, Captain America

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Quality

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Plastic Man, The Spirit, Blackhawk, Squadron, The Ray, Phantom Lady

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Dell

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Funny Animal stuff (Disney, Looney Tunes, etc) movie comics, etc.

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EC Comics Editors/Writers

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William Gaines, Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein

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EC Comic Artists

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Johnny Craig, Reed Crandal, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Frank Frazetta, Graham Ingels, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Basil Wolverton, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman

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William Gaines

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son of Max C Gaines (inventer of comic book)
transformed Educational Comics into Entertaining Comics, most innovative comic line
invented horror comic genre,
published anti-war comic,
published provocative science-fiction

reintroduced satire magazines

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Horror (EC Comics)

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Tales from the Crypt (Crypt of Terror), Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear

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Science Fiction

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Weird Science, Weird Fantasty, Weird Science-Fantasy

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War

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Two-Fisted Tales, Frontline Combat

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Crime

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Crime Suspenstories, Shock Suspenstories

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Humor

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MAD Comics (MAD Magazine)

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John Goldwater

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leader of Comics Code Authority,owner of Archie Comics.
MAD Comics made fun of Archie MAD #13 as "Starchie"
Goldwaters attack against EC Comics was personal

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Silver Age: DC Comics (National Periodicals)

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reconceived from Golden Age, need for parallel universes
Superman, Batman (and Robin), Wonder Women, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Aquaman, The Atom, The Spectre, Black Canary, Green Arrow, Elongated Man, Justice League of America, Legion of Superheroes (Superboy + various), Martian Manhunter

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Silver Age: Marvel Comics (previously Timely, then Atlas)

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almost all brand new with exceptions of Capt. America, Human Torch and Sub-Mariner (new Human Torch differs from golden age)
Fantastic Four (Mr.Fantastic, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Thing), Spiderman, The Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, Captain America, Avengers, X-Men, Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Iron Man, Sub-Mariner, Ant Man/Giant Man, Nick Fury, Black Widow, Hawkeye

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Silver Age: DC Editors, Writers, Artists

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Editor: Julius Schwartz
Writers: Gardiner Fox, John Broome
Artists: Carmine Infantino, Gill Kane, Curt Swan, Dick Giordano, Murphy Anderson

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Silver Age: Marvel Editors, Writers, Artists

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Editor: Stan Lee
Writer: Stan Lee
Artists: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Don Heck, John Buscema, John Romita, Gene Colan

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DC VS Marvel

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DC: no real cities, episodic, no politcal overtones, no "realistic" events, no real violence to public buildings, very little character dev

Marvel: real cities, long rande story arcs across several years, politcal (USA vs Eastern Europe & USSR), death (Gwen Stacy & Green Goblin), frequent destruction of public buildings, intense char dev. storyline behind action was most impt else of story: girlfriend, friendships, money, relationships with siblings and parents

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Silver Age comics informed by events in previous 15 years

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Science , radiation, gamma rays, etc. key among origins of heroes
Atomic bombs exploded in 1945 at Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Emergence of Cold War: USA (Democracy) vs. USSR (Communism); Korean War, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Escalation of Vietnam War, Nuclear arms proliferation, Berlin Wall
Space Race: Sputnik: first satellite (USSR) 1957, NASA, John Glenn in orbit, Neal Armstrong 1969

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National Periodical (DC) Artists & Writers
(Golden Age)

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Artists: Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, HG Peters
Writers: Jerry Siegal, Bill Finger

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Fawcett Artist

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Artist: C C Beck

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Timely Artists

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Artists: Jack Kirby, Alex Schomburg

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Quality Artists

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Artists: Lou Fine, Will Eisner

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Harvey Kurtzman

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EC Comics editor/writer

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Al Feldstein

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EC Comics editor/writer

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Jerry Robinson

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artist of National Periodicals (DC golden age)

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Jack Cole

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did art for Plastic Man (Quality Comics golden age?)

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Will Eisner

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art for The Spirit (Quality Comics golden age)

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Carl Barks

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art for Disney's duck stories (Dell Comics golden age)

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Westerns

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main focus for Atlas Comics (formely Timely, later Marvel) in 1940s early 1950s
under direction of Stan Lee

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Lou Fine

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artist for Quality comics (cover for science comics/The Flash)

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most popular comicbooks in 1940s

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crime comics, not superheroes

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Ramona Fradon

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worked on Aquaman (silver age DC)

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first appearance of Spiderman

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by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee in Amazing Fantasy #15 , 1962

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first appearance of Iron Man

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by Don Heck in Tales of Suspense (ToS) #39, 1963

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X-men starts

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in 1963, by Jack Kirby

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Avengers begin

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in 1963 by Kirby

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second Silver Age explosion

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for Marvel: 1968-69

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Julius Schwartz

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Editor of DC comics (silver)

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Gardner Fox & John Broome

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writers of DC Comics (silver)

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Stan Lee

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editor & writer of Marvel Comics (silver)