Existing comment:
Outside the Printed Book:
Superheroes Didn't Remain "Under Cover":
In 1943, in the heart of comics' Golden Age, Newsweek reported that 25 million comics sold each month. Post World War II, in a one-two punch, comics' popularity waned with the rise of television and a 1954 text by Dr. Frederic Wertham, Seduction of the Innocent, blaming rising juvenile delinquency rates on the medium.
When comics regained popularity during the Silver Age (1956-1969), the resurgence coincided with a boom in advertising and mass marketing -- a trend that continued through the Bronze Age (1970-1980) and the Modern Age (1985-present). Superheroes as advertising spokesmen, toys, games and movies have proliferated. |