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What Age Are We In Again??

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StuporMan

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1) If you named the era from 1990 through 1999, what would you name it?

 

There are some significant events that define this era:

1. X-Men #1 ...and exponential print runs

2. Spawn #1 ...and the beginning of the decade of the creator

3. Spiderman #1 ...and the first variant covers (silver, gold, platinum, chromium, refractor, hologram, direct sales, polybagged, etc)

4. Wolverine/Spider-Man/Ghost Rider/Venom in *everything*... and other endless nonsensical crossovers

5. Wizard Magazine and other price guides/comic themed mags.

6. The rise and fall of Valiant

7. The death of and return of Superman ...and other meaningless character arcs to sell more comics.

 

How about "The Bagged Age"?

 

 

 

 

 

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zuulioso

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Well, all of the current ages are named after precious metals so it would stand to reason that the next age would follow that trend.

 

It isn't precious as we know it, but it is considered a precious metal nonetheless, so I think it would be appropriate to call 1992-2010 the Mercury age.

 

It isn't really precious or valuable though some might think it so and it is somewhat toxic. :)

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jaeldubyoo

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Why do people have to assign an age to comics? All it does is just cause confusion and dissension. Why not just go by the year of the comic? 1956…1962…1970… How hard is that? Or go by decades? (shrug)

 

You take your logic & reason and you just get the hell out of here!

 

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-slym

 

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Microchip

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1) If you named the era from 1990 through 1999, what would you name it?

 

There are some significant events that define this era:

1. X-Men #1 ...and exponential print runs

2. Spawn #1 ...and the beginning of the decade of the creator

3. Spiderman #1 ...and the first variant covers (silver, gold, platinum, chromium, refractor, hologram, direct sales, polybagged, etc)

4. Wolverine/Spider-Man/Ghost Rider/Venom in *everything*... and other endless nonsensical crossovers

5. Wizard Magazine and other price guides/comic themed mags.

6. The rise and fall of Valiant

7. The death of and return of Superman ...and other meaningless character arcs to sell more comics.

How about "The Bagged Age"?

 

 

I know Greg Holland will ban me from his website, but some of the items you listed didn't have any far reaching impact on the hobby, tthey were just flash in the pan stuff.

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jaeldubyoo

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We’re in the Age of Wishful Thinking.

 

We wish the writing and/or art was better.

 

We wish comics were cheaper.

 

We wish they'd make a movie or TV show about what we buy so those comics will skyrocket in price.

 

We wish the comics we buy are going to allow us to retire early or pay for our children's college education.

 

On and on and on…

 

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Ebel 1911

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Well, all of the current ages are named after precious metals so it would stand to reason that the next age would follow that trend.

 

It isn't precious as we know it, but it is considered a precious metal nonetheless, so I think it would be appropriate to call 1992-2010 the Mercury age.

 

It isn't really precious or valuable though some might think it so and it is somewhat toxic. :)

 

Interesting point, plus Mercury is very fluid like the quickly changing trends of these years have been.

 

Lots of creative and funny comments in this thread, it's been fun to read. :applause:

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Comicdey

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Atom Age. The period recognized by the industry as being between 1946, after the dropping of the Atomic bomb, and continuing until the start of the Silver Age, in 1956.

 

Golden Age. CGC Registry term for a period of comic book publishing that ran from Action Comics #1 (June 1938) through 1959.

 

Silver Age.* CGC Registry term for comics published 1960 through 1969.

 

Bronze Age. CGC Registry term for comics published 1970 through 1979.

 

Copper Age. CGC Registry term for comics published 1980 through 1989.

 

Modern Age. CGC Registry term for comics published 1990 through the present.

 

 

 

Okay...

 

So in another six years (or so), the term "Modern" will cover three decades of books.

 

The Questions hm

 

(1) If you named the era from 1990 through 1999, what would you name it? The Bonfire Age

(2) If you named the era from 2000 through 2009, what would you name it? The Internet Age

 

 

(3) Do you consider Silver Age books to start at another time, pre-1960 (thinking 1954)? Nah.....well, maybe....silver started in the late 50's IMO.

 

 

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davidpg

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Regarding the silver age, for me, it totally goes up until the last book cover priced of 12 cents. The first 15 cent book signals the dawn of the bronze age.

 

I also still consider books into the late 1950s golden age as a general rule.

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