Golden Age
Who is the major superhero that kicked off the golden age?
What book forcibly kicked off the silver age?
Seduction of the Innocent
Who created Superman?
Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegal
The release of what comic featured Superman for the first time and revolutionized a passion for superheroes like never before?
Action Comics #1
What is the Marvel method?
Marvel would give general outlines for comics instead of full scripts to their artists, allowing both more creative freedom and a quicker turnaround for writers.
What books came before comic books but heavily influenced their characters, themes, and storylines?
Pulp Fiction
Before Wertham's book rewrote history, what genre was dominating comic books after WWII?
Horror
Who created Batman?
Bill Finger and Bob Kane
What happened between the original creators of Superman and DC?
They sold their rights to Superman for the equivalent of $2000 to Nicholson and didn't receive another penny for thirty years.
What two girls from Archie comics exemplify the "good girl" vs. "bad girl" dynamic that women in comics had to fit into during the golden age?
Betty and Veronica
What two audiences did the golden age try to appeal to beyond young men?
Children and women
What do comic book publishers come up with as a compromise so that the government won't impose rules on them?
The Comic Code Authority
Who created Captain America?
Jack Kirby and Joe Simon
Who essentially started the silver age and how?
Fredric Wertham by publishing Seduction of the Innocent which ended up forcing limitations on the creativity in comic out of fear.
By the end of the golden age, only three superheroes were still popularly read. Who were they?
Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman
How did new, unproven characters get trialed to test their popularity without risking sales?
Introduce them in group settings such as the Justice League.
In a post WWII world, what American interests force many heroes to get a reboot to match those interests?
Technology, science, and outer space
Who ran D.C. comics and got Superman printed for the first time?
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
What comic saved Marvel from the brink of collapse?
Fantastic Four
Barry Allen is known as the Flash today thanks to a reboot in the silver age. Who was the original Flash though?
What about comic books, and superheroes in particular, resonated with people so strongly specifically in this time period?
Which two people are essentially responsible for beginning the end of the CCA?
Stan Lee and Richard Nixon
Who helped to create the genre of "graphic novels" and had a massive hand in popularizing the format of comic books?
Will Eisner
Only a year after his first publication, where could a parade for Superman be found?
The world's fair in New York City.
Who is often credited as being the first female superhero?
Fantomah