The first Character Corner of 2019 is here! For this episode Kriss and Dpalm do something a little different and instead of focus on a particular character, they're breaking down the history of comic books starting with the Golden and Silver Ages. 

For this episode Kriss used two audible books for sources (both are also available on Kindle or Paperback:

Superheroes! Capes, Cowls and the Creation of Comic Book Culture

Marvel Comics: The Untold Story

Using those two sources, Kriss and Dpalm go through what lead up to the first superhero comic of the Golden Age (Action Comics #1) through the evolution of Timely Comics to Marvel Comics and the world of Stan Lee.

Pre-Golden Age

Pulp magazines & Comic Strips

* Golden Age (1938 - 1950)

 

Detective Comics Incorporated

Jerry Siegel & Joe Schuster Action Comics/Superman

 

Bob Kane & Bob Finger Batman

 

Jerry Robinson and how Robin appealed to kids

 

Wonder Woman

 

Superman & the media (radio, movie serials, etc)

 

Fawcett Comics & Captain Marvel

The Superman/Captain Marvel lawsuit

 

Timely Comics

Martin Goodman

 

Joe Simon & Jack Kirby

Human Torch

 

Namor

 

Captain America

 

Comic Code Authority & End of Golden Age

 

Silver Age (1956 - 1970)

 

DC Comics Revives characters

The Flash reboot (barry allen)

 

Justice League of America

 

Stan Lee and Marvel Comics

The Characters

 

The Marvel Method

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