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Start of Comics
Before 1929, almost all comics were part of magazines or newspapers and were not sold separately. The Funnies was the first collection and became a guide for later comics. Gasoline Alley was a popular strip in its day and it can still be found in the newspaper comics section today. The biggest on that list of survivors are Tintin by Herge, Buck Rogers, Popeye and Tarzan none of whom draw the readers like they did in their heyday. -
Golden Age of comics
The 1930s was the start of the Golden Age of comics. In 1933 Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics was released. It was the first publication in history as a comic book, by including a cover and full-color pages. The most significant event of the 1930s was between the cover dates of June 1938 and May 1939, the two most important characters in the history of comics first appeared in Superman and Batman. These characters changed comic history. -
Comics and World War II
One of the biggest short-term effects that favored the comic industry was the need for reading material for the troops stationed overseas. Nearly 30% of reading material sent to deployed soldiers were comic books. The 1940s saw the creation of a great many characters, the most popular of which at the time was Captain Marvel. -
Comics After the War
After the War, sales dropped throughout the 1950s. Superheroes all died out between 1950 and 1955 with only Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman still being published. Western, romance, crime, horror and science fiction comic books all became immensely popular. -
The Comeback of the Comic
The 1960s was a time of significant growth in the comics industry. Even though it wasn't as good as the golden age but it could be considered the silver age. Atlas comics became Marvel comics and began publishing a new group of titles like Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Hulk and Spider-Man, this are one of the main success in the comic and superheroes industry. -
Marvel vs DC
By the time the 1970s Marvel had taken the number one spot from DC and was growing that lead. The largest event of the 70’s was the creation of the direct market in the middle part of the decade. -
The Comic Creative High Point
New publishers were coming and boasting new creator-owned series by some of the top names in the industry and by new incoming creators. The most significant event of the 1980s is almost certainly the entire year of 1986 due to the number of high-quality comics that were published at that time. -
The Beginning of the End
It is just unfortunate that in the 90s for every good book there was several more that were not so good, the 90’s will be remembered for the creator revolution and the creative renaissance. The 1990’s will go down as a dark time in the industry but not one completely without hope for the future. -
The Present Day
There are a few milestones as the industry has lost some of its brightest creators like Mike Wieringo, Dave Stevens and EC Comics great Johnny Craig, this caused that the comic industry is starting to die due that movies are replacing it's place.
