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"Copper Age"?!?
That's a new one on me. What in heck does that mean?!?
I'm in favor of doing away with all the metals for comic eras, and just calling them what they are:
30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s...
The ages as I know them:
Golden Age (1938-1945)
Pre-Code(1946-1955)
Silver Age (1956-1969)
Bronze Age(1970-1980)
Modern Age (everything since 1981)
That's how Overstreet Guide defines the ages. Overstreet somehow resists defining separate eras in the period since 1981.
There's a bit of editorialism and judgement in any of the terms I've seen floated for any breakdown of the modern age. "Plastic Age", "Dark Age", etc.
Even the terms Silver, Bronze, and Copper unwittingly imply a cheapening of the metal with each new age.
Which is why I prefer defining by decade, or even narrowing it to "early 70s", "mid-70s" or "late 70s" for example. There's no miscommunication of what is meant by these terms.