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The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact On Pop Culture
Michael Uslan, Smithsonian Institute
https://www.edx.org/course/rise-superheroes-impact-pop-culture-smithsonianx-popx1-5x
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Comic Books after World War II
Notes taken on May 24, 2017 by Edward Tanguay
changes from WWII comic from the Golden Age to post-WWII
genres
DC Comics had their big six
Superman
Sandman
Batman
Ultra-Man
The Spectre
The Flash
changes 1940s - 1950s
DC's first comic book
New Fun Comics
newspaper-strip inspired features
comical characters
turned into More Fun Comic books
Green Arrow and Speedy
Aquaman
Dr. Fate
Johnny Quick
The Spectre
co-created by Jerry Siegel
who had created Superman
Superboy
a growing need for humor
Funny Animals
inspired by Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons
teenage humor
Archie
Jughead, Betty, Veronica
New Comics
then became New Adventure
then Adventure Comics
Sandman
Hour-Man
Superboy
Comics
where DC comics takes its name
Flash Comics
Johnny Thunder
died with issue #104 in Golden Age
All-American comics
started out with characters which were very patriotic
turned into All American Western
cowboys as stars
then All-American Men of War
tales from the battlefields of WWII
All-Star Comics
number 57
the final appearance of the Justice Society of America
number 58
All Star Western
Marvel was putting out westerns
Kid Colt Outlaw
one of the longest running cowboy comic books
Two-Gun Kid
reinvented
hybrid western superhero
Marvel Mystery Comics
then Marvel Tales
horror tales
Captain America
faded into Captain America's Weird tales
after WWII
super heroes became less popular
romance
confession stories
why women lost their man or got their man
some of the biggest comic books sales of all time
westerns
horror stories
science fiction
DC Comics
Strange Adventures
Mystery in Space
teenage stories
Leading Comics
made a major change
The Seven Soldiers of Victory
then transformed to Peter Porkchops
crime comics
police vs. robbers etc.