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1960s: The Silver Age of Comics
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1955 end of the              age of comics
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the golden age of comic books came to an       
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it was almost the end of the            book itself
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as a result of the book The Seduction of the                 , and the work of Dr. Fredric Wertham
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many comic companies went out of business
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comic book writers, editors and                were denigrated in society
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Superman television series
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no other comic book TV shows at the time
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except             , Queen of the Jungle
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some new comics introduced
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Lois          Comics
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Jimmy            Comics
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although they were not superheroes, they were featured in the Superman TV series
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1956 beginning of the              age
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brand new version of The           
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from DC, number four
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more scientific than the original Flash in the 1940s
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Green               
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more scientific and science fiction oriented than magic-oriented                  version of the 1940s
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an emphasis on the atomic
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The Atom
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Hawkman
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students were being told to duck and cover in their classes
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so they needed new             
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1960s                War
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not a popular war
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new music coming from               
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the British                 
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the Beatles had a new          cut
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the buzz cuts of the 50s were rejected by the          hair of the Beatles
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the slogan of Superman, "Truth, Justice, and the                  Way" was no longer clear
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it wasn't            what the American way was anymore
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pop-art
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Andy Warhol
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         Campbell's Soup Can
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Roy                         
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took panels out of American comic books
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painted them on a              canvas
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showed the                      of comic books
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that it was also art
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January         
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The              TV Series
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gave us catch phrases like Bop! Pow! and Zowie!
1930s: The Origin of the American Comic Book
1938: The Birth of Superman
The People Behind the Golden Age of Comic Books
Patriotic Superheroes
Comic Books after World War II
Comic Books in the McCarthy Era
1954: Fredric Wertham's Impact on the Comic Book Industry
1960s: The Silver Age of Comics
The Bronze Age of Comics and the Genre of Relevancy