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C O U R S E
The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact On Pop Culture
Michael Uslan, Smithsonian Institute
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C O U R S E L E C T U R E Comic Books after World War II Notes taken on May 24, 2017 by Edward Tanguay |
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changes from WWII comic from the Golden Age to post-WWII
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genres
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DC Comics had their big six
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Superman
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Sandman
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Batman
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Ultra-Man
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The Spectre
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The Flash
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changes 1940s - 1950s
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DC's first comic book
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New Fun Comics
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newspaper-strip inspired features
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comical characters
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turned into More Fun Comic books
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Green Arrow and Speedy
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Aquaman
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Dr. Fate
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Johnny Quick
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The Spectre
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co-created by Jerry Siegel
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who had created Superman
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Superboy
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a growing need for humor
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Funny Animals
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inspired by Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons
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teenage humor
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Archie
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Jughead, Betty, Veronica
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New Comics
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then became New Adventure
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then Adventure Comics
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Sandman
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Hour-Man
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Superboy
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Comics
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where DC comics takes its name
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Flash Comics
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Johnny Thunder
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died with issue #104 in Golden Age
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All-American comics
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started out with characters which were very patriotic
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turned into All American Western
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cowboys as stars
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then All-American Men of War
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tales from the battlefields of WWII
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All-Star Comics
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number 57
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the final appearance of the Justice Society of America
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number 58
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All Star Western
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Marvel was putting out westerns
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Kid Colt Outlaw
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one of the longest running cowboy comic books
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Two-Gun Kid
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reinvented
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hybrid western superhero
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Marvel Mystery Comics
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then Marvel Tales
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horror tales
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Captain America
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faded into Captain America's Weird tales
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after WWII
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super heroes became less popular
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romance
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confession stories
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why women lost their man or got their man
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some of the biggest comic books sales of all time
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westerns
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horror stories
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science fiction
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DC Comics
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Strange Adventures
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Mystery in Space
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teenage stories
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Leading Comics
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made a major change
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The Seven Soldiers of Victory
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then transformed to Peter Porkchops
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crime comics
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police vs. robbers etc.