Modern Age of Comic Books

The Silver Age is also recognized to be the superhero era of science. Science would explain any dilemma in the story line and would also be the answer to how to fix it. Many superhero origins were also based on the idea of science such as the X-Men, Spiderman, and the Fantastic Four gained their superhuman abilities by genetic mutation. Science topics and factoids also appeared in comics during the Silver Age through comic issues of The Flash. Each issue contained multiple panels explaining scientific

the insults he hurls at other people in the entire comic. However even with all this, he is still considered a patriotic vigilante who is a "hero" employed legally by the government after all other masked heroes where banned by "The Keene Act". Juspeczyc, "Jupiter", is able to show several themes that would have never been acceptable in the previous decades of comic books including sexual encounters with Daniel and Dr. Manhattan at a young age, promiscuous attire, and insubordination when arguing

have used comic books as an escape from reality. Many read not only the storyline but also the artistic value many contain. Some sources claim that there are five eras of comic art; the Victorian or Platinum Age, the Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Bronze Age, and the Modern Age. Many only claim that there is only from the Golden Age on. The Platinum Age is said to begin around 1883 and end around 1938. There is not much on this era as it not considered part of the typical idea of comics. This era

As comic books continue to develop, their popularity is normally underestimated in terms of relevance, but they are more prominent than one might assume in popular culture. Comic books are no longer seen as a primary source of entertainment in popular culture as they were during the Golden Age (1939-1955), the period of exponential growth and prosperity of the comic book industry. During that era, comics served to stimulate patriotism and gave an opportunity for expression that appealed to the youth

History of American Comic Book Superheroes. Before they become significant box-office phenomena and debut for TV serious, superheroes were short stories in printed media. Supermen, Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman …were comic books superheroes. The idea of superheroes was long existed. However, as many comic books historians agreed, The Phantom, published in February 17, 1936, is considered to be the first comic book costumed hero. Since then, comic books superheroes were booming. In the mid-1940s

superhero when that person does a heartless or brave deed. This leads many people to wonder where exactly these attributes of a superhero originated. The basic superhero characteristics of the archetype is a modern creation, first being seen at the beginning of the twentieth century. In modern popular fiction, a superhero is a costumed heroic character who uses superhuman or supernatural powers or goes through intense training to become a living weapon. Superheroes are dedicated to fighting crime

The distribution, audience, narrative style, and dramatic content, of comic books were the direct descendants of the pulp magazine. They were called pulp magazine because they were printed on the cheapest paper for non-costly mass distribution, these publications were as old as newspaper comic strips. Pulp magazines can be traced to their Civil War-era ancestors, called dime novels. Unlike the funnies, pulp magazines styles were outside of the mainstream and featured adventure, fantasy, and suspense

Superheroes, Comics and Their Impact On American Media and Culture The Start of Something New Everybody knows what comics are, they’ve been the focus of many major motion pictures, but comics weren’t always around, in fact the first modern comic book was created in 1933, a little less than a century ago, but they had a major influence on American culture and revolutionized the media and literature. The Golden age of Media The Bias Comics allowed Americans to forget about the impending crisis of

growing in different forms of media, superhero comic books have picked up this trend and have begun to introduce characters with diverse backgrounds. Due to the previously mentioned occurrence, readers of different creeds, sexual orientation, and ethnicities are being introduced to the world of superheroes. With this new trend, many questions arise concerning the impact and necessity of underrepresentation and fairness. How have superhero comic books widened their depiction of underrepresented communities

BOOM! POW! ZAP! When these phrases are heard or read, comics are most likely the things that come to mind. Made popular by television and the selling of comics in general, franchises like DC Comics have risen to the top in modern day popular culture. Many people, however, are not aware of how much of a social impact they have had. The DC Comics franchise has been present for a very long time, and within this period of time has had a great impact on society; evolving with the world around it, and