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“Not even girls want to be
girls so long as our feminine
archetype lacks force,
strength, and power. Not
wanting to be girls, they
don’t want to be tender,
submissive, peace-loving as
good women are. Women’s
strong qualities have
become despised because
of their weakness. The
obvious remedy is to create
a feminine character with
all the strength
of Superman
plus all the allure of a good
and beautiful woman.”
- William Moulton Marston
THE AGE OF COMICS
The Silver Age of comics was around 1956 to 197 and was a time when comics found commercial success - par-
ticularly the super hero comic. The Silver Age was post WW2 and life was good again.
The Bronze Age was from 1970 to the mid 1980s and saw comics return to darker story lines and elements that
related to the issues in the media at the time. Elements like drugs, racism and poverty - Wikipedia has a great article
you can follow here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age_of_Comic_Books
Finally the Modern Age which started in the mid 80s and is still today era. Comics changed, heroes too. Think the
Dark Knight and Watchmen.