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Golden Age of Comic Books
Superman, catalyst of the Golden Age: Superman #14 (Feb. 1942)
Cover art by Fred Ray
Time span1938 – 1956
Related periods
Preceded byPlatinum Age of Comic Books
Followed bySilver Age of Comic Books

The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The superhero archetype was created and many well-known characters were introduced, including Superman, Batman, Robin, Captain Marvel, Captain America, and Wonder Woman.

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Golden Age of Comic Books

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History of American comics

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featured original material, and the first appearance of Superman in 1938 launched the Golden Age of Comic Books. During World War II, superheroes and talking...

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Comics packaging

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comic books to publishers testing the waters of the emerging medium. As early packager Will Eisner noted at this time, around 1936, [T]the only comic...

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List of Golden Age comics publishers

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Western comics

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west of the Mississippi River) and typically set during the late nineteenth century. The term is generally associated with an American comic books genre...

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Comic book

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the Golden Age of Comic Books. The Golden Age originated the archetype of the superhero. According to historian Michael A. Amundson, appealing comic-book...

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Portrayal of women in American comics

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their overall character. During the Golden Age of Comic Books (a time during which the medium evolved from comic strips) women who were not superheroes...

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Timely Comics

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American comic book

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late 1930s through roughly the end of the 1940s is referred to by comic book experts as the Golden Age of comic books. It featured extremely large print-runs...

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List of Marvel Comics Golden Age characters

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following is a list of Marvel Comics Golden Age characters and teams that first appeared in Marvel Comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books (late 1930s and...

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Doctor Occult

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and user of magic who specializes in cases involving the supernatural. Doctor Occult first appeared in 1935 around the Golden Age of Comic Books. He was...

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Green Lantern

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Nodell with scripting or co-scripting of the first stories by Bill Finger during the Golden Age of Comic Books and usually fought common criminals in...

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List of Quality Comics characters

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Quality Comics was a comic book company from the Golden Age of Comic Books. It operated from 1937 to 1956 and sold many anthology comic books that starred superheroes...

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Bob McCay

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during the golden age of comic books. He worked professionally under the names R. Winsor McCay, Winsor McCay Jr., and Bob McCay. He was the son of cartoonist...

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Golden age of American animation

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