History of the Golden Age of Comics

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Discover the Golden Age of Comic Books in under six minutes with this short documentary highlighting legendary Marvel & DC Comics characters Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, Namor, Human Torch, The Flash, Shazam, Captain America, Green Lantern and the Justice Society of America!!

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[electricmastro]

5:15 After much researching, it really put into perspective for me as to how Wonder Woman wasn't the first superheroine. I suppose I should now list all of the Golden Age supeheroines that I came across:

1939 - Crimson Rider, Golden Amazon, Magician from Mars

1940 - Alice of the Winged People, Black Widow (Timely Comics), Fantomah, Headless Horseman, Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, Lady Luck, Mighty Woman, Miss X, Red Tornado, Woman in Red

1941 - Black Cat, Black Widow (Holyoke Publishing), Blue Lady, Bulletgirl, Flame Girl, Hawkgirl, Kitten, Lady Fairplay, Lady Satan (Harry 'A' Chesler), Madame Strange, Margo the Magician, Miss America (Quality Comics), Miss Fury, Miss Victory, Mother Hubbard, Nelvana of the Northern Lights, Owl Girl, Pat Patriot, Phantom Lady, Ranger Girl, Rocketgirl, Silver Scorpion, Spider Queen, Super Ann, USA the Spirit of Old Glory, Wildfire, Wonder Woman

1942 - Black Angel, Blonde Bomber, Girl Commandos, Liberty Belle, Lightning Girl, Mary Marvel, Señorita Rio, Spider Widow, The Wing

1943 - Black Orchid (Harvey Comics), Lady Satan (Harvey Comics), Miss America (Timely Comics), Miss Patriot, Superwoman

1944 - Black Orchid (Consolidated Book Publishers), Black Venus, Catgirl, Diana the Huntress, Dotty Whirlwind (aka Dotty Virvelvind), Miss Espionage, Purple Tigress, Spider Woman, Veiled Avenger, Will O' The Wisp

1945 - Comandette, Firehair, Freckles Marvel, Ghost Woman, Mysta of the Moon, Polka-Dot Pirate, Yankee Girl (Four Star Publications)

1946 - Blonde Phantom, The Flame, Front Page Peggy, Futura, Golden Girl (Spark Publications), Lady Fantax, Magga the Magnificent, Miss Fear, Miss Masque, The Torch (aka la Antorcha)

1947 - Acromaid, Atoma, Black Canary, Electro Girl, Iron Lady, Marvel Maid, Moon Girl, Namora, Phantom Maid, Undercover Girl, Vampire, Varga, Yankee Girl (Harry 'A' Chesler)

1948 - The Cat (aka de Kat), Elektra, Gimmick Girl, Golden Girl (Timely Comics), Lady Danger, Miss Devil (aka Miss Diavolo), Sun Girl, Val Venture, Venus

1949 - The Queen of Spades (aka la Dama di Picche), Supergirl

1950 - The Avenging Plainswoman (aka la Llanera Vengadora), Calamity Kate, Darna, The Silent Three, Starlight, TNT Tina

1951 - Black Phantom, Corsair Queen, Doll Girl

1952 - Galaxy Gals

1953 - Sri Asih, Zina of Koroka

1954 - Princess Bintang (aka Putri Bintang), Tomboy

[brennanshane]

Captain Marvel will always be my favorite superhero. Fun fact: Captain Marvel was the first superhero to fly.

[joeyreyrey]

So detailed! Thank you for posting this gem. This was fun to hear and see.

[Darwin]

Great video! And great tidbit about how Namor got his name. I guess that's where Rob Liefeld got the inspiration for naming his Extreme Universe character Roman, who appeared in the pages of Brigade.

Would enjoy to see videos on the subsequent comic era's. Keep up the entertaining work!

[joshuariddensdale]

I'm just getting into the Golden and Silver Ages of comics. Before, I mainly collected modern age (DC Rebirth, mostly). But now, I'm going back and getting older volumes from the 90s and the earliest stories.

[benyaakov]

Captain Marvel first appeared in Whiz # 2 not #1 #1 was an ash can for copy trademark purposes which never hit the stands.

[michaellorde]

Only intellectuals know thor first comics came out 700 years ago

[cecilDisharoon]

2:17 was Funny Weekly with Submariner never published? I think Namor doesn't appear to the public until Marvel Comics #1 dropped in August of 1939 (Oct. cover date). It's cool that they were set to debut the same month.

[NukeA]

Wonder Woman isn't the first female superhero, even for DC.

[mtgamateurnight]

A lot of the details in this video are wrong. Dude did not do all of his home work.

[shaheedali]

Too short. But Very nice and informative. Love golden age comics