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Line 1: {{~~trope~~Useful Notes}} The time between [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]] and [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]]. Superheroes were at their lowest ebb here; the end of [[World War II]] meant that people were tired of hearing about individuals fighting to save the world, and other genres of comic book took over -- [[Horror Tropes\|horror]], [[Crime and Punishment Series\|crime]], [[Funny Animal~~\|Funny Animals~~]]s, and so on. By the end, only a few [[Superhero]] comics were still going, ''[[~~Batman (Comic Book)\|~~Batman]]'', ''[[~~Superman (Comic Book)\|~~Superman]]'', and ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' chief among them. [[Plastic Man]] was the last non-DC superhero left before being bought out. Apart from a few scattered and failed attempts at revivals such Atlas Comics' [[Captain America (comics)\|Captain America]] (which was later retconned in the 1970s as the adventures of an ~~imposter~~impostor soon driven insane by a flawed copy of Project: Rebirth) and [[Sub -Mariner]] while [[Jack Kirby]] and [[Joe Simon]] tried their disguised attempt with ''[[Fighting American]]'' and ''[[~~Comic/Stunt Man\|~~Stunt Man]]'', the genre seemed to have no life in it. However, they did kickstart the [[Romance Arc\|romance comic genre]] with ''[[Young Romance]]'', which proved a big success. This was the era when the [[Comics Code]] was enacted, and it may have been what ultimately brought [[~~Superhero\|superheroes~~superhero]]es back. Though the hearings that led to it put some of the blame on [[~~Superhero\|superheroes~~superhero]]es, they were especially unkind to [[Crime and Punishment Series\|crime]] and [[Horror Tropes\|horror]], and those genres were pretty much gutted by the Code. Meanwhile, [[~~Superhero\|superheroes~~superhero]]es were easy enough to retool to follow the Code, and experienced a resurgence in popularity that led to [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]]. The end of the age is pegged at different points, depending on who you talk to; the most common is the [[Revival]] of the [[Flash]] by [[DC Comics]] in 1956, but some say it happened before that, with the introduction of the [[Martian Manhunter]] in 1954, and some say it didn't happen until later, with the appearance of [[Marvel Comics\|Marvel's]] [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)\|Fantastic Four]] in 1961. It is also sometimes referred to as the Atomic Age (because of the nuclear paranoia in the 1950's affecting comics). Opinions differ on whether it should be considered part of the Golden Age or whether it counts as a separate age. The Interregnum of Super Hero Comics is not to be confused with [[w:Interregnum of World Chess Champions\|The Interregnum of World Chess Champions]], or ''[[George Grosz' Interregnum]]''. {{reflist}} [[Category:The Ages of Super Hero Comics]] [[Category:The Interregnum]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Interregnum, The}} ~~[[Category:Trope]]~~ {{The Ages of Super Hero Comics}}