The Golden Age Comic Books lasted through the years of 1930 to early 1950 as recorded in America's history of comics. During this period, modern books had been first printed and attained some level of recognition; the archetype of superheroes was developed and defined and most of the popular superheroes came out, including Superman, Captain America, Batman, Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman.
One of the events cited for the start of the Golden Age had been the 1938 debut of Superman Action Comic books #1, released by DC Comics. Some people record the beginning of earlier instances during the 30's: The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide's publication, The Golden Age list of quarterly books from 1933 and later (1933 observed the release of the very first book with a size which would consequently establish the formatting); a few historians, such as Roger Sabin, Graphic Novels and Comix: History of Comic Art), record it to the release of the very first comics displaying 100 % original stories instead of re-prints of books from newspapers in 1935, by DC Comics.
Nevertheless, Superman the very first superhero comic book had been popular so much so that the superheroes quickly dominated the Golden Age comics. Somewhere between early 1939 and the later part of 1941, DC and its sister company called All-American Comics released the popular superheroes like Robin and Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, the Atom, Aquaman and Hawkman, whilst Timely Comics, the 40s forerunner of Marvel Comics, enjoyed million selling titles which showcased the Human Torch, Captain America and the Sub-Mariner.
Despite the fact that Timely and DC Comics are more popular these days, circulation numbers report that the best selling superheroes title of the period might have been Captain Marvel Fawcett comics with roughly 1.4 million copies for each issue rating as the most extensively circulated comics in America. The sale of Captain Marvel comfortably trounced the self-titled Superman series as well as Action Comics, plus at some point the comic had been released biweekly in order to take advantage of the popular interest.
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