The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly those in the superhero genre. Following the Golden Age of Comic Books and an interregnum in the early to mid-1950s, the Silver Age is considered to cover the period from 1956 to circa 1970, and was succeeded by the Bronze and Modern Ages. A number of important comics writers and artists contributed to the early part of the era, including writers Stan Lee, Gardner Fox, Edmond Hamilton, John Broome, and Robert Kanigher, and artists Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Steve Ditko, Mike Sekowsky, Carmine Infantino, and Curt Swan, John Buscema, and John Romita, Sr. By the end of the Silver Age, a new generation of talent had entered the field, including writers Denny O'Neill, Mike Friedrich, Roy Thomas, and Archie Goodwin, and artists such as Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, and Barry Windsor-Smith.

The popularity and circulation of comic books about superheroes declined following the Second World War, and comic books about horror, crime and romance took larger shares of the market. However, controversy arose over alleged links between comic books and juvenile delinquency, focusing in particular on crime and horror titles. In 1954, publishers implemented of the Comics Code Authority to regulate comic content. In the wake of these changes, publishers began introducing superhero stories again, a change that began with the introduction of a new version of DC Comics's The Flash in Showcase #4 (Oct. 1956). In response to strong demand, DC began publishing more superhero titles, prompting Marvel Comics to follow suit beginning with Fantastic Four #1. Silver Age comics have become collectible; as of 2008 the most sought-after comic of the era is Spider-Man's debut in Amazing Fantasy #15.

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Who are your top 10 Best Comic Book Super Villains?
Q. They must be Super Villains that started in Comic Books not movies, video games, tv shows, or anywhere else outside of comic books. Please give reasons defending your answers. Here are my top 10 best super villains. Please give feedback on my choices. 1.Red Skull He's far from a ghastly ordinary Nazi. The guy cares for no one but himself. He represents just about all of the dismal things with humanity from genocide, narrowmindess, nihilism, mass murder, Fascism, to name some. Even the mind raping savage Faustos, Joker, Dr.Doom, and Magneto are so offended by the abject vileness that they refused to work with him. He even claims he's not a Nazi but in fact smarter than them or something along that line or arrogance which in fact makes him… [cont.]
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A. Dr Doom- He's Marvels main man every hero has fought him Norman Osborn- He's done so much to Spider-man and has now started on the rest of the Marvel Universe Loki- He tried to destroy the heroes of the Marvel universe and rule Asgard Magneto- He's trying to destroy humanity and treatened to reverse the earths Magnetic poles Joker- He's crazy and unpredictable Lex Luthor- Y'know I'm never actually sure what he's done wrong, but he's a main villain Judge Death- He's pure evil Venom- He's a hard guy to stop Catwoman- She's still a villain The Skrulls- Infiltrated the heroes
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Tell me what you think of this comic book plot !?
Q. A man from another dimension stumbles into ours and discovers in our dimension he has special powers. Over the years save the world from countless threats all of which he disposes of easily (Never once does he have to use his full strength). The comic book Chronicles his greatest achievements and how his appearance gives rise to a super hero culture. Now the hold thing is set in the 50's so everything is kinda pop corny golden or silver age style super hero crime fighting until a being named simply "Sin" comes along and i mean this guy is a real threat killing off other minor yet still powerful superheroes for a purposes unknown and people all over the world disappearing. My main super hero does his best to stop it, he fights off… [cont.]
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A. I read through it, and I don't think it's bad at all. The only suggestion I want to make is that make your protagonist very strong, but somewhat weaker than the main opposing force, so as he can be doubtful whether his efforts would bear fruit. If you can come up with good reasons then it's all well and great.
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Pop Quiz! What were the worst comic-book marketing decisions ever made?
Q. This is my list, and I'd love to hear what you have to add to it: - the Spider-Man Clone saga (almost solely responsible for destroying Marvel in 1990s) - Death and Return of Superman (ok story, but big factor in collector burnout in 1990s) - Hal Jordan out, Kyle Rayner in (eg of silver age hero treated badly, alienating many old time fans) - the multiple covers of X-Men 1, Spider-Man 1 (cynical attempt to enhance "collectible" status at expense of fans' wallets) - Wonder Woman turned into pinup bimbo, replaced by another Amazon - DC's 1970s explosion/implosion of titles - Marvel's early 1990s explosion of titles with heavy emphasis on the grim'n'gritty characters Thanks!
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A. I agree that the clones, death of supes and the hal jordan mess were horrible. I disagree a bit on the multiple covers. The spiderman and xmen books were huge insane sellers, so as far as marketing goes, it was a success. The fact that they spawned multiple covers for everything was the bad part. I think a bigger probelm was marvels decision to go direct distribution by purchasing heroes world. It was a nightmare for retailers, caused everyone else to try to go exclusive, many distributers went bankrupt right then, as well as marvel declaring bankrupcy within two years of this. My favorite huge mistake was alowing Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld to revamp the marvel line. That lasted. Allowing Jack Kirby to leave marvel has to be up there in… [cont.]
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Only of something happens to the quality. I mean, you can get anywhere from $10-$150 each, depending on the condition it's in.

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