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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-1980s until present day. In this period, comic book characters generally became darker and more psychologically complex, creators became better-known and active in changing the industry, independent comics flourished, and larger publishing houses became more commercialized. Alternate names for this period include the Crossover Age (Secret Wars/Crisis to Marvel vs. DC.) and, more commonly, the Dark Age of Comic Books, due to the popularity and artistic influence of grim titles, such as Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen. Some schools of thought prefer to refer to the dark age as separate, lasting from 1986 to the mid 90s when a wave of silver age nostalgia inspired by DC's Kingdom Come began to move the medium away from the "grim and gritty" trend brought about by Watchmen and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, with the modern age beginning in the mid 90s and lasting until the modern day. However, for the sake of this article, these two periods will be described as a single age. From Wikipedia under the
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