What Are the Different AGES of COMICS? || Comic Misconceptions || NerdSync

You may have heard terms like "The Golden Age of Comics" or "Silver Age Tales", but what exactly are all the different ages of comic books, and what do they represent? Scott runs you through a brief history of comic books to dive into what makes the Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, and Modern Age so important to how comics and the industry are today!

Every Wednesday, Comic Misconceptions explores fascinating trivia, crazy stories, and mind-blowing theories about the comic book universe from Marvel, DC, and beyond!

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SOURCES:
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
PBS Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle
Superheroes! - Maslon & Kantor
A Brief History of Comic Books - John Petty
Baby Boomer Comics - Craig Shutt
The Golden Age of Comic Books
The Silver Age of Comic Books
The Bronze Age of Comic Books
The Iron Age of Comic Books
The Dark Age of Comic Books
The Modern Age of Comic Books

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[BirthquakeRecords]

I’m so glad that 2014 comic book nerd fashion is so well preserved on the internet. It’s *bold.*

Scott has had such a glow-up over the years.

[gb]

NerdSync has so much replay value. I just watch and re-watch everything, never get bored.

[buttascotchbro]

THE ADULT AGE OF WHEN I CAN SPEND MY MONEY ON WHAT I LIKE INSTEAD OF ASKING MOM FOR MONEY TO READ AND BUY A COMICBOOK.

[winterkrash]

I always loved the Golden Age of comics. As part of my graduate studies, I chose to focus on comic book history and criticism (I am on a society and culture track). I never get tired of it.

[jakeross]

my opinion

GA: Action Comics #1 to the end of the war

SA: Barry Allen first appearance to death of Gwen Stacy

BA: 73 to 85

Dark Age: Watchmen/Dark Knight Returns/ Crisis to 05

Modern Age: Civil War to present

[Burning-Twilight]

I like to think that the current age we are in might be the digital age seeing as a lot of comic books that can be over 20 years old can be read online that  and your more likely to find very old comics online more than you are in your local comic book shop

[cubbyjo]

When I started collecting in the 80’s the Ages were loosely divided by superhero eras. Pre-war to the comics code was the Golden Age. The era in the late 50’s to 60’s when most DC characters were recreated and Marvel was creating their new universe was considered Silver Age. The Bronze Age was the 70’s when things started to get grittier - Green Lantern/Green Arrow. X-Men Giant Size.

[A..D..D]

I got into comics in the early 90's, my school had a few in the library G.I.Joe, Captain America (Capwolf) and I think Spiderman, I was hooked. Got older and had stopped paying as much attention. A quick return in '07, had some free time, healing from a breakup; getting high drinking a beer, Watching Seinfeld DVD's and going through my new Set of cards. Collected all of the Marvel Universe Series 3 from '92, another collection started as a kid. Found 2 unopened boxes on Ebay. My things had since been stashed away, then I saw Age of Ultron, that got me to find my old collections and now Im back into comics. I had forgotten some of the things I had.

[dazeddamien]

The kryptonite age
The vibranium age
The adimantium age
The steel age
The platinum age
The new age


This took 15 minutes to type I typed with my little toe.

[lorenzovive]

This was presented in a very honest, humble, and well researched way. Well done. I am a college history professor and I really appreciated your preparation and approach.

[NerdSyncProductions]

*A Timeline of the Different Comic Book Ages!*

Comic book history is typically divided up into a few different ages: The Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Modern Age, etc. the characteristics of each age and how the impacted the comic industry today!

What's your favorite age? Let us know in the comments!

_Comic Misconceptions explores the all but forgotten stories, details, and little known fun facts about popular comic book characters while testing your knowledge with a weekly trivia challenge!_

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[angrystickfig]

I like the bronze age best, I think it has stories with more structure and gives enough depth to the comics without going overboard with the doom and drama like I think modern comics do.
 I got into comics from the animated Spiderman show in the 90s. I didn't actually start reading Spiderman, though. My first comics were Daredevil because he was in an (maybe multiple?) episode, and he really grabbed my attention with his backstory and I had to get the comics since he didn't have a movie (and as far as I'm concerned, he still doesn't) or a TV show or anything like that.

[christopheflood]

I was looking for something on the Comic Ages for a lesson i am teaching and stumbled across little baby Scott. Huge fan, my man. Thank you for all your hard work and material. You are awesome.

[parkb]

Looking back, I would have to say that the Bronze Age is my favorite. I started collecting comics back in the 70's and I was too young to really appreciate the more realistic stories but now I can appreciate the awesome story lines.

[TheEarthboundHeroacw]

Why do we call it DC Comics, when DC stands for Detective Comics? We're saying, Detective Comics Comics.

[Decembirth]

Silver Age seems to be the funnest. It's like fan-fiction without the tears. The animated show "Brave and the Bold", gave a sense of fun with some darkness and humor, it was well balanced imo.
The 90s, was a hit or miss but it did bring in a lot of new writers and artwork.

[MrDaytime]

The bronze age was the best in my opinion.  It had the best artwork, and I think the best storylines.  Once again marvel was ahead in this age.  It's said the bronze age was the 70s and 80s.  Grace Randolf even mentioned this.

[michaelturner]

This oldie popped up in my recs and it's still entertaining and informative, but Scott looks like such a Jimmy Olsen style kid with that peach fuzz head, who knew this little boy who worries about the excessive length of a 15 minute video would grow into such a great man who gives me deep dives into the Scoobies and the Doobies along with Captain Barely Animated, with insightful social commentary, not to mention giving me an hour each week asking if it was aliens (probably not).

[deathbed]

It really depends on the character or team of characters, I love the modern era of comics because of how complex the stories an art is. However, I love the campyness of the silver age.

[samus]

A couple of years ago I started reading Marvel's Silver Age comics (all of them, in fat) and was fascinated by it. All the books. I loved how it was one big universe, basically a city filled with superheroes that interacted with one another. But I eventually phased out of it when I reached the 70s... I stopped reading altogether around the time of Gwen Stacy's death. Not because of her death, that was an awesome story, but because it all just becamse too big for me. Too many books, way too many inconsistencies (time being really stretched out, characters never aging. Rick Jones still being a goddman kid +10 years after Hulk #1) for example. It was fun while it lasted to me at least.