A period of comic book publishing that begins with Showcase #4 in 1956 and ends in the early 1970s.
The period that begins in 1956 with the publishing of Showcase #4 andends in 1969.
(1) The period of time in comic book history (late 1950s and early 1960s) characterized by the re-birth of 1940s comic book heroes. (2) Sept-Oct 1956 (Showcase #4) through 1969. (3) 1955 through 1969.
The second age of comics history. The era that anticipated the invention of Mark Waid.
A silver age is a name often given to a particular period within a history, typically as a lesser and later successor to a golden age, the metal silver generally being valuable, but less so than gold.
Silver Age was the collective title of a series of twelve one-shot comic books published by DC Comics in 2000, and of the storyline which ran through them. The comics were individually titled "Silver Age 80-Page Giant", "Silver Age Secret Files", "Silver Age: Challengers of the Unknown", "Silver Age: Dial H for Hero", "Silver Age: Doom Patrol", "Silver Age: Flash", "Silver Age: Green Lantern", "Silver Age: Justice Society of America", "Silver Age: Showcase", "Silver Age: Teen Titans", and "Silver Age: The Brave and the Bold".
