Concept » Bronze Age of Comics appears in 5239 issues.
Universe of the eternal conflict between good and evil, as told by Jack Kirby.
Giant Monsters, which include daikaiju or kaiju and what the U.S. monsterverse refer to as titans, are gigantic monsters that are hundreds of feet tall, these creatures have been both terrorizing and helping people for decades to centuries to aeons.
The first era in comic books. They became widespread and popular and many still popular comic book icons made their debut, beginning in the mid 1930s and ending around the mid-1950s.
A cataclysmic event of global proportions which eradicated civilized society on Earth-AD.
A Green Lantern is an officer of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, who have the ability to overcome great fear with the might of willpower. They possess power rings capable of creating constructs characterized by their will and strength to use it. Each Green Lantern is given a Sector of the Universe to protect and it is their priority to suppress any threat against their sector.
Henchmen are faithful followers or political supporters, especially ones prepared to engage in crime or dishonest practices by way of service to their evil bosses.
Covers that pay homage to, or parody, existing covers or artwork from the same or different medias.
Scary stories.
In the early Bronze Age of Comics, the cake division from Hostess (which included Twinkies) posted a number of advertisements in comic books. These were one-page advertisements, but they were presented in comic format, complete with a superhero and supervillain. The hero would generally solve whatever problem by dispersing cakes.
Until the Silver Age of comics (and even beyond in certain cases) it was common to have a section of a comic dedicated to answering reader's letters. These columns often took on the names in reference somehow to the title's name. They are alternately known as comic book letter columns, lettercols, letter pages, or letters to the editor. Numerous famous comic creators have famously submitted letters to columns before starting their careers.
The mad scientist is a stock character of a scientist who is perceived as "mad, bad and dangerous to know" or "insane" owing to a combination of unusual or unsettling personality traits and the unabashedly ambitious, taboo or hubristic nature of their experiments. Popular in literature, movies, TV shows, and of course comic books.
Magic is a term utilized to describe a wide variety of supernatural sources of power. Notable users include Zatara, Zatanna, Doctor Strange, and Doctor Fate.
Is a short series (predetermined number of issues) of comic books with the purpose of telling a defined story about a particular character, group or event. a.k.a. Limited Series or Maxi-Series.
An age of comics which has lasted from mid-1980's to the present days.
Comics and graphic novels have given us many famous and notable advertisements through the years. Who can forget the Charles Atlas ads, the X-Ray Specks, Sea Monkeys, or the mysterious Grab Bag?
The event or realization that changed a characters life forever and made them into the person they are today.
Device used in comic book publishing.
Platinum Age is the term used to describe the time period of 1897-1938, during which early forms of the comic books were published. Platinum Age comics usually are reprint of newspaper strips of the time period, and were found in various larger book like formats with cloth or other types of hard covers.
Comic Books Stories that are set in the real world.
A comic book, trade paperback, hardcover or other mediums that contains reprinted materials.
The term "Retroactive Continuity" or "Retcon" for short is used in comic books to define a re-write of a current origin or introduction of new information as if it had always been that way.
A mechanical construct capable of performing tasks by itself.
The Silver Age is often credited as starting with the first appearance of the new Flash, Barry Allen, in Showcase #4. Includes all comic books published during the period of 1956 to 1970.
As an industry which has traditionally been focused on a younger audience, certain social statements have occasionally been issued by the comic book companies through stories involving comic book characters. As such drug use is almost universally regarded as a dangerous activity that affects not only the individual but also facilitates a criminal industry.
Sometimes characters are forced to end their own life, either due to extreme suffering or despair.
Fantasy sub-genre.
The power to transport from one place to another.
Archival comic strip reprints published by IDW and Cover Press.
Time travel in comics involves jumping or returning in time to change an event and therefore, altering history (alternately sometimes time travel is used simply as a means of exploration). Heroes generally protect the time stream, villains seek to profit from its manipulation.
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