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Date: May 1, 1939
Created by Bob Kane, and Bill Finger Batman is one of the most human and flawed of the superheroes. He has no supernatural powers, but he walks the line between being a superhero and being a brutal villain.

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Date: 1938
Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, this comic starts the superhero craze and leads to the licensing of merchandise (toys, games, cereal) based on superhero properties.

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Founded: 1939, New York, NY

Creators: Writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby

Has a 1.3 billion dollar net worth.

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Occurred in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America as an alternative to government regulation, to allow the comic publishers to self-regulate the content of comic books. Two important publishers are Dell and western.

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Spider man was created by stan lee, first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 in august 1962 in the silver age of comic books.

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Date: 1937
Founded by Major Malcolm wheeler-Nicholson after coming back from the army. He founded national allied publications in 1934. In 1935, he published New Fun the first original comic book with all new content rather then news paper reprints. in 1937 he partnered with, Harry Donenfeld and Jack Liebowitz and formed Detective comics or DC.

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Date: September 1963
created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
The comic is about five people who were shunned by society.

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first appeared in All Star Comics #8 in October 1941
Creator: William Marston
Wonder Woman's origin story relates that she was sculpted from clay by her mother Queen Hippolyta and was given a life to live as an Amazon, along with superhuman powers as gifts by the Greek gods.

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Date: 1938-1956
Starting in the late 1930's, the Golden Age of comics is the first era of four comic book ages. In this era, many iconic characters were introduced and became a part of American culture. Characters that were introduced in this era include Superman, Batman, Captain America, and Wonder Woman.

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1956-1970
A time of artistic advancement, but commercial failure for the majority of comics. During this time, comics had to become less violent and gritty, and many popular character's stories, such as Batman's, took on a humorous tone.

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Date: 1970-1986
A period in the history of American superhero comic books. A return of darker plot elements and story lines more related to relevant social issues, such as racism, began to flourish during the period.

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date: Mid 1980´s to present day.
During about the first 15 years of this period lots of comic book characters were redesigned, creators gained involvement in the industry, independent comics arose, and larger publishing houses became more commercialized.

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Decline of Comics Code Authority. Comics begin to take on social issues.(Spiderman #66-68)- Julia

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Decline of Comics Code Authority. Comics begin to take on social issues.(Spiderman #66-68)- Julia

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The Comics Code Seal of Approval was formed on October 26,1954. It was responsible for making sure comic books were suitable and safe for children. There was a withdrawal of the final two publishers. It also banned using the words horror and terror. The comics couldn't include walking dead, torture, vampires/vampirism, ghouls, cannibalism, and werewolfism.

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Alan Moore's Watchmen is released-Elijah

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Alan Moore's Watchmen is released-Elijah

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watchmen was published by DC Comics in 1986 created by Alan Moore. Watchmen depicts an alternate history. (vietnam war, Watergate break-in)

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Peanuts begins its comic strip run.- Arylissa

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Peanuts begins its comic strip run.- Arylissa

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The strip was first published in 1947 under the name Li'l folks, which was later renamed Peanuts in 1950. Charles Schulz was the illustrator and author for the strip. The comic strip included a cast of children led by the now famous character, Charlie Brown. 17,897 strips were created in total, making it one of the longest stories ever told. The psychologically complex humor of the strips made the comics very influential when they were first created.

he strip was first published in 1947 under the name Li'l folks, which was later renamed Peanuts in 1950. Charles Schulz was the illustrator and author for the strip. The comic strip included a cast of children led by the now famous character, Charlie Brown. 17,897 strips were created in total, making it one of the longest stories ever told. The psychologically complex humor of the strips made the comics very influential when they were first created.

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Date Published: November 1939
Creators: John Goldwater and Bob Montana
First appearance of Archie was in Pep Comic #22 featuring Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica. You might notice these names from the popular TV show, "Riverdale" which is what the show was based off of.

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Date: October 26, 1970
Created by Garry Trudeau, that chronicles the adventures and lives on an array of characters of varius ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the president of the United States to the title character.

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Date: April 1987
Created by Bill Watterson, the comic follows the humorous antics of Calvin, a six year old boy, and Hobbes, a stuffed tiger, as it depicts Calvin's frequent flights of fancy and friendship with Hobbes. At the height of its popularity it was in over 2,400 newspapers worldwide.

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Is a graphic novel that represents Signalman interviewing his father about what happened during WW2 as a polish jew. This comic uses mice as Jews, cats as Nazis, and pigs as poles. It was the First Graphic novel to win a Pulitzer prize.

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Comic books become blockbuster films- Jillian

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Comic books become blockbuster films- Jillian

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In 1941. the Adventures of Captain Marvel became a movie. It was directed by William Witney and John English. This movie was based on the comic, Captain Marvel by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel was a part of Whiz Comics.

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Publication of "The Seduction of the Innocent"- Jake S.

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Publication of "The Seduction of the Innocent"- Jake S.

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The ¨seduction of the innocent¨ was written by an American psychiatrist Fredric Wertham (1954). This book warned people of comic books with the claim they were a negative form of literature and caused juvenile delinquency. Kind of like the argument against video games today.

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Date:July 1966
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Black Panther is important because he is the first superhero that is black and was the second black superhero to appear on the big screen since Blade. His first appearance was with the fantastic four during the silver age of comics.

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The Underground Comics scene begins- Haley

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The Underground Comics scene begins- Haley

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Published in 1974
created by Mark James Estren
The Underground Comics were created because they were mostly "scandalous." They showed things that were never seen in books or movies before and that's why they were so popular. The cartoonist behind the art is Robert Crumb

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Amazing Spider-Man #36- Shows spiderman and other heroes putting effort towards helping first responders at ground zero.

Moment of Silence- nearly a wordless platform which allowed for contemplation and remembrance months after the event.

9-11: Emergency Relief was paperback was a collection that addressed the responses of their creators to the events of September 11, 2001, in a collection conceived as a fund-raiser for the American Red Cross.

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date: june of 1938
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They were using propaganda to convay the younger generation. The comic books embodied the virtues of what it was to fight evil during World War II.

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The Comics Code-List of Prohibitions- Nicole

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The Comics Code-List of Prohibitions- Nicole

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Date: 1954
Formed by the Comics Magazine Association of America as an alternative to government regulation, to allow the comic publishers to self regulate the content of comic books in America. Scenes of excessive violence shall be prohibited. Scenes of brutal torture, excessive and unnecessary knife and gun play, physical agony, the gory and gruesome crime shall be eliminated. No comic magazine shall use the words "horror" or "terror" in its title.