The different comic book ages and what they brought. 2 2

[kav]

Golden Age:  great covers but boring stories.  Anything that sold was copied-jungle stories, crime stories, superhero stories.
Silver Age: The best storylines-entertainment value at it's high point.  Artists with individual recognizable styles.
Bronze Age: Relevance to social issues reared.  Industry started capitalizing on collector driven sales-many new #1 issues monthly.
Copper Age: Creativity exploded-many new publishers with many new ideas.  
Modern Age: Some great stuff but also a lot of cloning-artists that draw the same, writers that write the same.  Capitalization of both #1's and variants-anything to boost sales except focus on interesting stories-with exceptions.

[oldmilwaukee6er]

Underground comix. Self publishing, subverting the CCA, Avant garde art movement, comics for adults. Basis of direct market, comics shops. 

[kav]

17 minutes ago, oldmilwaukee6er said:

Underground comix. Self publishing, subverting the CCA, Avant garde art movement, comics for adults. Basis of direct market, comics shops. 

Silver Age.

[kav]

Overall the Silver Age has the most to offer.  

[707comics]

keys. They brought us keys.

[kav]

4 minutes ago, 707comics said:

keys. They brought us keys.

Keys are categorized based on value and significance.   

[1950's war comics]

38 minutes ago, kav said:

Golden Age:  great covers but boring stories.  Anything that sold was copied-jungle stories, crime stories, superhero stories.
Silver Age: The best storylines-entertainment value at it's high point.  Artists with individual recognizable styles.
Bronze Age: Relevance to social issues reared.  Industry started capitalizing on collector driven sales-many new #1 issues monthly.
Copper Age: Creativity exploded-many new publishers with many new ideas.  
Modern Age: Some great stuff but also a lot of cloning-artists that draw the same, writers that write the same.  Capitalization of both #1's and variants-anything to boost sales except focus on interesting stories-with exceptions.

very interesting thread topic

[kav]

2 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

very interesting thread topic

I do my best.

[1950's war comics]

2 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

Bronze Age: Relevance to social issues reared.  Industry started capitalizing on collector driven sales-many new #1 issues monthly.

yep with this key issue ...drugs kicked off the Bronze age

[Hollywood1892]

46 minutes ago, kav said:

Golden Age:  great covers but boring stories.  Anything that sold was copied-jungle stories, crime stories, superhero stories.
Silver Age: The best storylines-entertainment value at it's high point.  Artists with individual recognizable styles.
Bronze Age: Relevance to social issues reared.  Industry started capitalizing on collector driven sales-many new #1 issues monthly.
Copper Age: Creativity exploded-many new publishers with many new ideas.  
Modern Age: Some great stuff but also a lot of cloning-artists that draw the same, writers that write the same.  Capitalization of both #1's and variants-anything to boost sales except focus on interesting stories-with exceptions.

Bronze and Copper age

Marvel stole from DC

Modern age

Plagiarism reaches new heights

[Hollywood1892]

18 minutes ago, kav said:

Overall the Silver Age has the most to offer.  

Agreed...so many great artists and writers, but Bronze didn't drop off all that much

[kav]

7 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said:

Bronze and Copper age

Marvel stole from DC

Modern age

Plagiarism reaches new heights

Its incredible most of the current comic artists look exactly the same to me.  Look I know there are differences still, I dont wanna hear a bunch of GOTCHAS!, but overall they tend to all draw the same.  Can you imagine steranko, kirby and Kneel Atoms all drawing the SAME??
No, you cant.
And the dialogue seems to be largely copied from sitcoms.

Edited January 20, 2020 by kav

[Hollywood1892]

1 minute ago, kav said:

Its incredible most of the current comic artists look exactly the same to me.  Look I know there are differences still I dont wanna hear a bunch of GOTCHA! but overall they tend to all draw the same.  Can you imagine steranko, kirby and Kneel Atoms all drawing the SAME??
No, you cant.

Not at all

Totally different styles

And now with Moderns people are starting to see the success of intergalactic warlords like Thanos and Darkseid and running around creating New Gods like Knull-Symbiote God

And Barbatos-Bat God

And the Symbiote thing, don't get me started on that, look at all the symbiotes now after the success of venom

Arguably Venom is the last great antihero/villain created

And Deadpool but Deadpool is just a copy of Deathstroke (that can also be said for Thanos too)

[kav]

1 minute ago, Hollywood1892 said:

And Barbatos-Bat God

Bah!  Conan did Bat-God long ago!!!

[Readcomix]

3 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said:

 

And Deadpool but Deadpool is just a copy of Deathstroke (that can also be said for Thanos too)

No he's not.

Hes a copy of Daffy Duck -- he makes wisecracks, breaks the fourth wall, and gets up after shotgun blasts.

[kav]

1 minute ago, Readcomix said:

No he's not.

Hes a copy of Daffy Duck -- he makes wisecracks, breaks the fourth wall, and gets up after shotgun blasts.

 NAILED IT

[kav]

Ps some of you may have missed the epic moment: 

[Logan510]

I agree about the silver age, hard to argue with DC bringing back superheroes and the dawn of the Marvel Age.

[Readcomix]

You could really break out the '50s and back the whole social relevance intro up to that era with the issues of morality in many EC stories, the social issues played out in pre-code crime, the themes explored (albeit subtly) in romance titles...

The Bronze Age was more a creative explosion than copper, with the resurgence of genre themes (romance, horror) that waned since the 50s and the addition of new ones like sword and sorcery. 

I'm in the minority here but I view all but the earliest copper as Modern -- a lot of the mess that bloomed in the early to mid 90's was taking shape in the 80's. A lot of Marvel's output was wincingly bad -- the ruination of Hank Pym, Iron Man with the severed spinal cord (because the bad heart and alcoholism weren't enough, and this was original ); the Beyonder with his mullet and disco pants...

[jools&jim]

Golden Age:  DISCOVERY.

Silver Age:    INNOCENCE.

Bronze Age:  EXPERIENCE.

Copper Age:  DECLINE.

Modern Age:  DARKNESS.