Silver Age of Comic Books

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comic book era historical period

The Silver Age of Comic Books was a mid-20th-century era marked by the creative revitalization of superheroes, innovative storytelling, and dynamic artwork that redefined the comic book medium.

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Label Occurrences
Silver Age of Comic Books canonical 12
Silver Age 4
Silver Age of Comics 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comic book era ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
characteristic code-approved content under Comics Code Authority ⓘ
dynamic artwork ⓘ
innovative storytelling ⓘ
revitalization of superhero genre ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endPeriod early 1970s ⓘ
followedBy Bronze Age of Comic Books ⓘ
follows Golden Age of Comic Books ⓘ
impact expanded comic book readership ⓘ
influenced later comic book storytelling conventions ⓘ
redefined superhero archetypes ⓘ
influencedBy Comics Code Authority ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium comic books ⓘ
notableCharacter Barry Allen ⓘ
surface form: Barry Allen (The Flash)

Fantastic Four ⓘ
Hal Jordan ⓘ
surface form: Hal Jordan (Green Lantern)

The Incredible Hulk ⓘ
surface form: Hulk

Iron Man ⓘ
Justice League of America ⓘ
Silver Surfer ⓘ
Spider-Man ⓘ
Thor ⓘ
X-Men ⓘ
notableCreator Carmine Infantino ⓘ
Gardner Fox ⓘ
Gil Kane ⓘ
Jack Kirby ⓘ
John Romita Sr. ⓘ
Julius Schwartz ⓘ
Neal Adams ⓘ
Stan Lee ⓘ
Steve Ditko ⓘ
notableDebutTitle Amazing Fantasy #15 ⓘ
Fantastic Four #1 ⓘ
Showcase #4 ⓘ
The Brave and the Bold (DC Comics) ⓘ
surface form: The Brave and the Bold #28
notablePublisher Archie Comics ⓘ
Charlton Comics ⓘ
DC Comics ⓘ
Dell Comics ⓘ
Marvel Comics ⓘ
startPeriod mid-1950s ⓘ
theme atomic age anxieties ⓘ
science fiction elements ⓘ
space exploration ⓘ
superheroes as flawed or humanized characters ⓘ

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Jack Kirby → movement → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
Golden Age → precedes → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Age
Ages of Man → hasPart → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Age
Strange Tales #110 → period → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
Stan Lee → movement → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
Journey into Mystery #85 → partOf → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
The Newsboy Legion → reintroduced → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
Golden Age of Comic Books → followedBy → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
Red Raven → revivedIn → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Age of Comics
Jacob Kurtzberg → movement → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
Kirby Krackle → historicalPeriodOfOrigin → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Age of Comics
Strange Tales #135 → universeEra → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
Jacob → movement → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacob Kurtzberg
Sal Buscema → activeInPeriod → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes → usedSince → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Age of Marvel Comics (approximate)
Gene Colan → activePeriod → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
Tales to Astonish #27 → era → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
Czarface → recordLabel → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Age
Czarface Meets Ghostface → recordLabel → Silver Age of Comic Books ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Age