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[[The Silver Age of Comic Books]] was known for [[Lighter and Softer|goofy, lighthearted and rather fantastic plots]], [[Black and White Morality]], and a general absence of mature themes. [[Kryptonite Is Everywhere|Multicolored Kryptonite]], [[Non
Sources differ on when [[The Bronze Age of Comic Books]] started and [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|the Silver Age]] ended. The most inclusive definition is that it started in 1970, when Jack Kirby left [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] to work for [[DC Comics|DC]], bringing with him the characterization-based style that had become Marvel's trademark created his ambitious, if short-lived, [[Fourth World]] titles. The same year saw the retirement of Mort Weisinger, Silver Age editor of the [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]] titles. ''Amazing [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' #96 and 97 were the first to abandon the [[Comics Code]] entirely; these issues ran a story with a strong anti-drug message, but the Code at the time didn't allow any references to drugs at all. [[Stan Lee]] decided to defy the censors and had the story published anyway. The issues sold well even with<ref>Or perhaps ''because of''</ref> the controversy, and the gates were opened.
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* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'', which eventually became so popular it nearly took over the [[Marvel Universe]]. The Bronze Age X-Men was defined by [[Chris Claremont|Chris Claremont's]] long run as writer, which brought such classic storylines as the Phoenix Saga.
* ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|The New Teen Titans]]'' became DC's answer to ''X-Men'', and was so successful a rework of a formerly failed property that it inspired the company to have the book's creative team do the same for the whole [[The DCU|DC Universe]] during and after ''[[Crisis On Infinite Earths]]''.
* The Superman story "[[Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow]]?" by [[Alan Moore]], released simultaneously in Superman and Action Comics in 1986, during the one month gap between the end of ''[[Crisis On Infinite Earths]]'' and the beginning of the ''[[The Man of Steel (Comic Book)|Man of Steel]]'' reboot. It serves as a finale to the storyline of [[Pre Crisis]] Superman, taking every element of Silver Age and Bronze Age Superman that was removed [[Post
* Britain's ''[[Two Thousand AD (Comic Book)|Two Thousand AD]]'', a weekly [[Sci Fi]] [[Anthology Comic|anthology]] debuted in 1977. It would go on to launch the careers of many influential British comic writers and artists during the early [[The Eighties|80s]], including comics legend [[Alan Moore]]. Its most popular strip, [[Judge Dredd]], marks one of the earliest attempts at bringing moral ambiguity to the medium, and explored [[Cyberpunk]] a full 7 years before ''Neuromancer'' was written. It also more or less ''created'' the British comic industry, and is to this day the most successful British comic series of all time.
* ''[[Swamp Thing]]'', both the original version (debuting in DC's horror series ''The House of Secrets'' in 1971), and the earliest part of [[Alan Moore|Moore's]] celebrated run (beginning in 1984) came out during this period. As did [[The Movie]] in 1983. Under Moore it became deeply political, dealing with themes such as race, feminism, environmentalism, and animal rights.
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