Silver Age of comics - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel Dc Comics: Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel Dc Comics
Captain Marvel (left), and his young alter ego, Billy Batson. Art by C.C. Beck, originally used for the cover of Whiz Comics # 22. Capta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Beetle - Charlton Comics
Blue Beetle - Dan Garrett 1950s. Charlton Comics obtained the rights to the Blue Beetle, and reprinted some stories in its anthology ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel Dc Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Marvel Dc Comics - Full History
Captain Marvel DC Comics - Development and inspirations. After the success of National Comics' new superhero characters Superman and Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Don Rico: Encyclopedia Ii - Don Rico - Background
Don Rico created striking wood engravings of gloomy Depression-era life for the W.P.A. Federal Art Project in the mid-to-late 1930s. He b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Comics 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlas Comics 1950s - Atlas Titles By Genre
This list is incomplete and in progress Information from Atlas Tales [5] and other references. Some titles may be arguably Timely at the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel Dc Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Marvel Dc Comics - Full History
Captain Marvel DC Comics - Development and inspirations. After the success of National Comics' new superhero characters Superman and Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Beetle - Dc Comics
DC acquired the Charlton heroes in the mid-1980s, and used the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event to integrate them all into the D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel Dc Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Marvel Dc Comics - Supporting Cast
Captain Marvel often fights evil as a member of a superhero team known as the Marvel Family, made up of himself and several other heroes:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel Dc Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Marvel Dc Comics - Appearances In Film And Television
The first filmed adaptation of Captain Marvel was produced in 1941. The Adventures of Captain Marvel, starring Tom Tyler in the title rol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel Dc Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Marvel Dc Comics - Cultural Influences
Captain Marvel's adventures have contributed a number of elements to both comic book culture and pop culture in general. The most notable...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Beetle - Fox Feature Syndicate
The original Golden Age Blue Beetle was Dan Garret, son of a police officer killed by a criminal. This Fox version of the character debut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Don Rico: Encyclopedia Ii - Don Rico - Quotes
Allen Bellman [2]: "Don and some of the other artists didn't bother with Syd Shores. who was the unofficial bullpen director. Rico was th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Comics 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlas Comics 1950s - Humor And Miscellanea
Atlas also published a plethora of children's and teen humor titles, including Dan DeCarlo's Homer, the Happy Ghost (a la Casper the Frie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel Dc Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Marvel Dc Comics - Appearances In Film And Television
The first filmed adaptation of Captain Marvel was produced in 1941. The Adventures of Captain Marvel, starring Tom Tyler in the title rol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel Dc Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Marvel Dc Comics - Cultural Influences
Captain Marvel's adventures have contributed a number of elements to both comic book culture and pop culture in general. The most notable...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel Dc Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Marvel Dc Comics - Supporting Cast
Captain Marvel DC Comics - Marvel Family. Captain Marvel often fights evil as a member of a superhero team known as the Marvel Family, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Comics 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlas Comics 1950s - After The Golden Age
Atlas grew out of Timely Comics, the company Goodman founded in 1939 and whose star characters during the 1930s and '40s Golden Age of co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Comics 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlas Comics 1950s - Trend-following
Atlas, rather than similarly innovate, took what it saw as the proven route of following popular trends in TV and movies — Westerns and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Comics 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlas Comics 1950s - Return Of Jack Kirby
Goodman's men's magazines and paperback books were still successful — the comics, except in the early Golden Age, were a relatively sma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Comics 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlas Comics 1950s - Atlas Shrugs
From 1952 to late 1956, Goodman distributed this torrent of comics to newsstands through his self-owned distributor, Atlas. He then switc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Comics 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlas Comics 1950s - Atlas Or Marvel?
The exact point at which "Atlas" began to be considered "Marvel" has never been definitively established. Goodman had begun moving away f...   » Read the article