Showcase #4 (Oct. 1956), generally considered the start of the Silver Age. Cover art by Carmine Infantino & Joe Kubert.

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During the Silver Age, the character make-up of superheroes evolved. Writers injected science fiction concepts into the origins and adventures of superheroes. More importantly, superheroes became more human and troubled, and since the Silver Age, character development and personal conflict have been almost as important to a image of a superhero as super powers and epic adventures. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

Events leading to the Silver Age

Following World War II, superheroes faced a steady decline in popularity. Their development was complicated by the rise of gritty horror and crime comic books, as well as by national parental concerns ignited by Dr. Fredric Wertham's influential book Seduction of the Innocent, and fanned by U.S. Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency. In response, the comic book industry implemented the Comics Code, which forbade gore, sexual suggestiveness, and disrespect of authorities, among other tenets. This made certain genres more difficult to publish, though comic books, like the similarly constrained media of film and television, of necessity, developed new means of storytelling and new types of stories. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the reader. ... Fredric Wertham Dr. Fredric Wertham (March 20, 1895 – November 29, 1981) was a German-American psychiatrist and crusading author who protested the purportedly harmful effects of mass media—comic books in particular—on the development of children. ... First U.S. printing, 1954 First U.K. printing, 1954 Seduction of the Innocent was a book by Dr. Fredric Wertham, published in 1954, that warned that comic books were a bad form of popular literature and a serious cause of juvenile delinquency. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Juvenile delinquency refers to criminal acts performed by juveniles. ... The Comics Code Authority (CCA) is an organization founded in 1954 to act as a de facto censor for American comic books. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...

History

Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962), the debut of one of the Silver Age's most significant superheroes. Art by Jack Kirby & Steve Ditko.

The beginning (as well as the end) of the Silver Age is cause for debate, but it is generally agreed that the period began with DC Comics’ Showcase #4 in 1956, which introduced the modern version of the Flash. Under editor Julius Schwartz, the Flash was the first of many old characters revised as streamlined, science fiction-influenced models. Others included Green Lantern, the Atom and Hawkman. DC also introduced The Justice League of America, an all-star group consisting of its most popular characters. Download high resolution version (486x738, 78 KB)Cover of Marvel Comics Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man. ... Download high resolution version (486x738, 78 KB)Cover of Marvel Comics Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man. ... Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books. ... The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (1964): Cover art by Ditko. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Showcase was a DC Comics comic book anthology series. ... The Flash is a name shared by several DC Comics superheroes. ... Editing may also refer to audio or film editing. ... Julius Schwartz, editor for DC Comics Julius Julie Schwartz (June 19, 1915 - February 8, 2004) was a comic book and pulp magazine editor, and a science fiction agent and prominent fan. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For the DJ, see DJ Green Lantern. ... The Atom is a fictional comicbook superhero published by DC Comics. ... For other meanings of the term, see Hawkman (disambiguation) Hawkman is a fictional DC Comics superhero. ... The Justice League is a DC Comics superhero team. ...

The success of these series meant DC had found a viable format that could make for successful properties under Comics Code Authority restrictions. This helped breathe new life into the medium and sales began to recover. The seal of the Comics Code Authority, which appears on the covers of approved comic books. ...

The period also saw the rise of Marvel Comics, under the guidance of writer-editor Stan Lee and artists/cowriters Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, who introduced more sophisticated characterization and dynamic plotting into superhero comics. The most popular and influential Marvel character of this period was Spider-Man. Other significant and long-lasting Marvel heroes introduced during the Silver Age include The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Daredevil, The X-Men, and Marvel's own all-star group, The Avengers. After an initial period of hesitance, DC began to adopt some of Marvel's creative approaches. Marvel Comics (Stan Lee is behind many of the superheros) is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922[1] New York, New York) is an American writer, editor, Chairman Emeritus of Marvel Comics, and memoirist, who — with several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko — introduced complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into... Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books. ... The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (1964): Cover art by Ditko. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... The Fantastic Four is Marvel Comics first comic book superhero team, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and debuting in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. ... The Incredible Hulk The Hulk, often called The Incredible Hulk, is a Marvel Comics superhero. ... Iron Man (Anthony Tony Edward Stark) is a fictional comic-book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Thor (often called The Mighty Thor) is a fictional character and a superhero appearing in the Marvel Universe. ... This article is about the Marvel Comics superhero. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... The Avengers are a fictional superhero team that appear in the Marvel Universe. ...

The resurgence of superheroes proved so influential that publishing houses not known for such characters — including Archie Comics, Charlton Comics and Dell Comics — attempted their own superheroes, but met with limited critical and popular success. Tower Comics was an exception with the well-received if short-lived T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents series by Wally Wood. Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher known for its many series featuring the fictional teenage Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe Jughead Jones characters created by Bob Montana. ... Big C logo, used from Sept. ... Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publications, which got its start in pulp magazines. ... Tower Comics was an American comic book publishing company best known for The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents by Wally Wood. ... Wally Woods cover for the first issue T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents is a team of comic book superheroes originally published by Tower Comics in the 1960s. ... Wallace Wally Wood (born June 17, 1927, Menahga, Minnesota, United States; died November 2, 1981), was an American writer-artist best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. ...

In addition, new artists, many of whom grew up with comics as well as being formally trained, began to expand the mainstream medium into new art styles. Major examples include Neal Adams who introduced naturalism with his illustrative style, and Jim Steranko who introduced op art, touches of Surrealism, and graphic design elements. Neal Adams (born June 6, 1941, Governors Island, Manhattan, New York City) is an American comic book and commercial artist best known for his highly naturalistic style of illustration. ... Naturalism in art refers to the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting. ... Captain America #111 (March 1969): Sterankos signature surrealism. ... Op art is a term used to described certain paintings made primarily in the 1960s which exploit the fallibilty of the eye through the use of optical illusions. ... Yves Tanguy Indefinite Divisibility 1942 Surrealism[1] is a movement stating that the liberation of our mind, and subsequently the liberation of the individual self and society, can be achieved by exercising the imaginative faculties of the unconscious mind to the attainment of a dream-like state different from, or... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

The period hit its commercial peak in 1966-1968 with the popularity of the Batman TV series, which both heightened interest in comics and damaged their public image as a legitimate artistic medium. Burt Ward as Robin and Adam West as Batman Batman was the title of an exceptionally popular TV series based on the comic-book character Batman that aired on ABC TV for 2 1/2 seasons from 12 January 1966 to 14 March 1968. ...

Underground comics got their start during the 1960s portion of the Silver Age. However, because the artistic content, goals and marketing of these comic books were so different from the mainstream companies, it is generally considered a separate movement in the medium. The term underground comics or comix describes the self-published or small press comic books that sprang up in the US in the late 1960s. ...

Origin of the term

The Silver Age gets named in a letters column: Justice League of America #42 (Feb. 1966}; art by Mike Sekowsky (penciler), Murphy Anderson & Bernard Sachs (inkers)

Comics historian and movie producer Michael Uslan traced the origin of the term to the letters column of Justice League of America #42 (Feb. 1966), which went on sale December 9, 1965. Letter-writer Scott Taylor of Westport, Connecticut wrote, "If you guys keep bringing back the heroes from the [1930s-1940s] Golden Age, people 20 years from now will be calling this decade the Silver Sixties!"^[1] The natural hierarchy of gold-silver-bronze, as in Olympic medals, also took hold, and as Uslan writes, "Fans immediately glommed onto this, refining it more directly into a Silver Age version of the Golden Age. Very soon, it was in our vernacular, replacing such expessions as ... 'Second Heroic Age of Comics' or 'The Modern Age' of comics. It wasn't long before dealers were ... specifying it was a Golden Age comic for sale or a Silver Age comic for sale."^[2] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x602, 69 KB) Summary Cover Justice League of America #42 - DC, February 1966, Mike Sekowsky (Pencils) Murphy Anderson; Bernard Sachs (Inks) Source: http://comics. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x602, 69 KB) Summary Cover Justice League of America #42 - DC, February 1966, Mike Sekowsky (Pencils) Murphy Anderson; Bernard Sachs (Inks) Source: http://comics. ... The cover of Brave and the Bold #28, 1960, featuring the first appearance of the Justice League and art by Mike Sekowsky. ... Murphy Anderson (born 1926) is an American comic book penciller and inker who has worked for companies such as DC Comics for over 50 years, starting in the 1930s-40s Golden Age of Comic Books. ... Bernard Sachs (January 2, 1858 -- February 8, 1944) was an American neurologist. ... An historian is someone who writes history, a written accounting of the past. ... In the entertainment industry, a producer is generally in charge of, or helps to coordinate, the financial, legal, administrative, technological, and artistic aspects of a production. ... Michael Uslan is the originator of the Batman movies and was the first professor to teach Comic Book Folklore at an accredited university. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Location in Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Incorporated 1835 Government type Representative town meeting First selectman Gordon F. Joseloff Town meeting moderator Alice H. Shelton Area    - City 86. ... Superman, catalyst of the Golden Age: Superman #14 (Feb. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ...

End of the Silver Age

The precise end of the Silver Age is in some debate. Candidate periods include:

• Jack Kirby's departure from Marvel Comics to produce Fourth World titles at DC Comics (1970).
• The retirement of Mort Weisinger, long-time editor of the Superman family of comics for DC. The Superman titles were divided among several editors, including Julius Schwartz, Murray Boltinoff, E. Nelson Bridwell, Mike Sekowsky and, briefly, Jack Kirby.
• The advent of darker superhero stories in the early 1970s. During this time, Batman returned to his roots as a dubious vigilante, and Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams started the gritty, urban-themed series Green Lantern/Green Arrow
• The first updating of the Comics Code in the early 1970s, which led to a wave of horror comics such as Ghost Rider and Tomb of Dracula.
• The death of Gwen Stacy, the girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man) in The Amazing Spider-Man #121, 1973 ("The Night Gwen Stacy Died").
• The debut of the "All-New All-Different" X-Men in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975), restarting a franchise that would dominate subsequent decades.
• The change of rules to the Comics Code Authority (1971), which allowed for more controversial topics to be discussed.
• DC Comics' maxiseries Crisis On Infinite Earths (1985), which redefined the landscape of the DC universe.

Typical Marvel Silver Age cover: silent action and floating heads. Iron Man #18 (Oct. 1969), art by George Tuska.

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Subsequent eras

After a brief period dominated by horror and fantasy titles (such as DC's 'House Of Mystery', 'House of secrets', 'Ghosts','Witching Hour', 'Unexpected', etc, and Marvel's 'Crypt of Shadows', 'Vault of Evil', 'Dead of Night','Chamber of Chills', etc., plus various Warren and Charlton mystery titles) a third period of superheroes (commonly referred to as the Bronze Age) began, with a new wave of creators including writers Steve Englehart, Mike Friedrich, Steve Gerber, Don McGregor, Doug Moench, and Len Wein, and artists such as Rich Buckler, Marshall Rogers, P. Craig Russell, and Bernie Wrightson. Wolverine, a member of the X-Men, a popular franchise in the Modern Age, and an example of an anti-hero, a popular character type of the Modern Age The Modern Age of Comic Books is an informal name for the period of American comic books generally considered to last... Steve Englehart (born April 22, 1947, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, particularly in the 1970s. ... Mike Friedrich is an American comic book writer and publisher best known for his work at Marvel and DC Comics, and for publishing the anthology series Star*Reach one of the first independent comics. ... Steve Gerber (born 20 September 1947) is an American writer of comic books. ... Donald F. McGregor (born June 15, 1945, Rhode Island, United States) is an American comic book writer, and the author of one of the first graphic novels. ... Doug Moench (born February 23, 1948) is an American comic book writer. ... Len Wein (born June 12, 1948, New York City, New York) is an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics Swamp Thing and for reviving Marvel Comics X-Men. ... Cover to Daredevil #131. ... Marshall Rogers is a comic book artist who has worked for Marvel and DC Comics since the 1970s. ... Philip Craig Russell, a. ... Swamp Thing, created by Bernie Wrightson. ...

The period after that is variously referred to as the Modern Age of Comic Books, the Dark Age of Comic Books (referring to both a decline in the industry and the popularity of grim titles such as Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen), the Iron Age of Comic Books, or the Diamond Age of Comic Books (suggested by Scott McCloud, with the different facets signifying the current diversity in the medium). Wolverine, a member of the X-Men, a popular franchise in the Modern Age, and an anti-hero, a popular character type The Modern Age of Comic Books is an informal name for the period in the history of mainstream American comic books generally considered to last from the mid... Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American writer, artist and film director best known for his film noir-style comic book stories. ... The premiere issue of the series Spoiler warning: The Dark Knight Returns (known as DKR by fans) is a superhero comic book story published by DC Comics between 1985 and 1986, starring Batman. ... Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ... Dave Gibbons (born April 14, 1949) is a British writer and artist of comics. ... Watchmen is a twelve-issue graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. ... Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod on June 10, 1960) is a cartoonist and a leading popular scholar of comics as a distinct literary and artistic medium. ...

The term "Neo-silver", (a term many attribute to IGN columnist Peter Sanderson) has been used as of late to describe comics such as Kurt Busiek's Astro City that attempt to return to the lighter, more noble aspects of Silver Age comics while retaining the maturity and complexity of later ages. IGN is a multimedia news and reviews website that focuses heavily on video games. ... Peter Sanderson is a comic book historian, as well as a professor on the graphic novel as literature at New York University. ... Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is a comic book writer. ... Astro City, vol. ...

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Stylistic conventions

Certain styles and conventions were generally common to titles during the Silver Age.

It was common for the first page (also called the "splash page") to serve as a second cover, giving a tease to what was to come later in the issue. Most stories actually started on page two.

Comic book covers

DC covers of the Silver Age are notable for the abundance of speech balloons. Marvel, after its first year or so, generally opted for an action scene or a dramatic tableau, frequently with such symbolic elements as floating heads watching and reacting, and only returned to speech balloons occasionally toward the end of the era — creating controversy among Marvelites at the time. Speech balloons eventually fell out of favor and are rarely seen on covers today, except as homage or parody. Four different shapes of speech or thought balloons Speech balloons (also speech bubbles or word balloons) are a graphic convention used in comic books, strips, and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing the speech or thoughts of a given character in the... Tableau vivant, Folies Bergères c. ... For a description of the medieval homage ceremony see commendation ceremony Homage is generally used in modern English to mean any public show of respect to someone to whom you feel indebted. ... Parody of Back to the Future In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ...

Noted Silver Age talents

During this period in mainstream companies, artists, especially at Marvel, began to play an increasingly important role as story co-plotters.

The groundbreaking Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961). Cover art by Jack Kirby (penciller) & Dick Ayers (inker; unconfirmed).

Eastern mysticism meets American sideshow: Deadman in Strange Adventures #207 (Dec. 1967). Art by Neal Adams.

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #7 (Dec. 1968): signature surrealism by Jim Steranko.

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Editors

• Dick Giordano
• Stan Lee
• Jack Schiff
• Julius Schwartz
• Mort Weisinger

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Writers

• Otto Binder
• John Broome
• Arnold Drake
• Gary Friedrich
• Joe Gill
• Archie Goodwin
• Edmond Hamilton
• Bob Haney
• Robert Kanigher
• Stan Lee
• Dennis O'Neil
• Jerry Siegel
• Jim Steranko
• Roy Thomas
• Marv Wolfman

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Pencilers

• Neal Adams
• Murphy Anderson
• Jim Aparo
• Dick Ayers
• Wayne Boring
• John Buscema
• Sal Buscema
• Nick Cardy
• Gene Colan
• Dan DeCarlo
• Steve Ditko
• Ramona Fradon
• Stanley Goldberg
• Don Heck
• Carmine Infantino
• Gil Kane
• Jack Kirby
• Joe Kubert
• Sheldon Moldoff
• Jim Mooney
• John Romita, Sr.
• Mike Sekowsky
• John Severin
• Marie Severin
• Jim Steranko
• Curt Swan
• Herb Trimpe
• George Tuska
• Wally Wood

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Inkers

• Jack Abel
• Dan Adkins
• Murphy Anderson
• Dick Ayers
• Vince Colletta
• Joe Giella
• Sid Greene
• George Klein
• Paul Reinman
• George Roussos
• Joe Sinnott
• Chic Stone

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Key Issues of the Silver Age

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

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External links

• Unca Cheeks' Silver Age Comics Site

• Alter Ego-Magazine Devoted to Golden & Silver Age Comics Edited by Comics Writer/Editor Roy Thomas

• Dial B For Blog

References

See also

• Golden Age of Comic Books
• Bronze Age of Comic Books
• Modern Age of Comic Books