A Brief History Of The Evolution Of Vintage Comics

For centuries now, comics have been printed and collectors classify them into 5 Periods: 1897 to 1937 Platinum; 1938 to 1955 Golden Age; 1956 to 1969 Silver Age; 1970- 1979 Bronze and 1980 to present Modern Era. The value for vintage comic books is given based on condition, issue and title and rarity. Some of the popular titles are Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Incredible Hulk and X-Men.

Among the first comics to be published was Hogan's Alley in 1895 and this featured the first lead character and speech bubbles. The Yellow Kid in McFadden's Flats was published in 1897, which created the comic book term and this signifies the start of the Platinum Era, which continued until 1937.

Immediately after newspaper comic strips like Mutt and Jeff had been reprinted as books and the publishers started to experiment with periodic books, which were sold for 10 cents at the newsstands. The pre-superhero comic strips had been mainly pulp stories of detectives, adventure, criminals and exotic travel. The very first costumed hero had been The Phantom, which came out in 1936 wearing black mask and a purple costume.

The Golden Age started in 1937, and comics, formerly intended for adults were now centered more on youngsters. During 1938 an innovative new series called Action Comics #1, released Superman first comic character with superhuman capabilities. Batman came out in the following year in Detective Comics #27, much grittier than the Superman and at first much more mysterious than the superhero comics.

In 1939, Superman received his own book and this brand-new format took over as the standard for the American comics. The Golden Age continued to 1955 and presented characters like Captain Marvel, Captain America, The Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash and The Spectre.

The Silver Age revamped The Flash with superheroes coming back from the post WW2 decline. There were characters such as Fantastic Four, X-Men and The Avengers
In 1962, Spider-Man was introduced to great success because he was similar to an average person. Some other characters introduced during this era include Dr. Doom, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter.

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A Brief Overview Of Vintage Comics

Most people love comic books, not to mention the vintage comics. Regardless of how old we become, there is still this attraction to purchase comics when we are out shopping. Personally, the older I become the more appreciative I am of things such as the vintage comics.

Over the years doing research, I discovered that the very first comic has been published above a century ago during 1895. This had been Hogan's Alley. Besides that, comic book received its name from the reference that was made in a comic strip during 1897. It was at this time when the first usage of bubble speech enabled the characters to have their own voice. A book called The Yellow Kid in McFadden's Flats had a main character named Yellow Kid, which was acknowledged with the term and this has stuck since then.

There are actually five categories of this type of book by the era. In order for a comic to be viewed as Platinum comics this must had been published throughout 1897 to 1937. Golden Age of comics was the ones printed during 1938 to 1955, while the Silver Age comics had been published from 1956 to 1969. After that emerged the Bronze Age comics and these were in 1970 to 1979. Modern day comic books actually began in 1980, which continues today.

The first appearance of comics was in newspapers and many years after this was the only published format. Mutt and Jeff had been among the first comic strips which were created into a small book and sold at newsstands for ten cents. Phantom was the very first super hero and was popular during 1936.

This was the beginning of the vintage comic books. In case you are able to locate one of these outdated 10 cent publications it will be worth a lot of money. Vintage and rare comics are one of the best investments you could make, but even more importantly these will be fun to have in your collection.

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