Platinum Age of Comic Books
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The Platinum Age of Comic Books refers to the early, pre–Golden Age period of comics history, when modern comic books were first emerging from newspaper strips and experimental formats in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Platinum Age of Comic Books canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Platinum Age of Comic Books Context triple: [Golden Age of Comic Books, precededBy, Platinum Age of Comic Books]
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Golden Age of Comic Books
The Golden Age of Comic Books was the pioneering period from the late 1930s to the early 1950s when the superhero genre emerged and characters like Superman, Batman, and Captain America first rose to prominence.
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Silver Age of Comic Books
The Silver Age of Comic Books was a mid-20th-century era marked by the creative revitalization of superheroes, innovative storytelling, and dynamic artwork that redefined the comic book medium.
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C.
Bronze Age of Comic Books
The Bronze Age of Comic Books was a period from the early 1970s to mid-1980s marked by darker themes, social relevance, and more complex storytelling in mainstream superhero comics.
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D.
Golden Age
The Golden Age is a mythological era of primordial peace, prosperity, and harmony, often associated with the early rule of the Titans before human decline through subsequent ages.
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E.
Golden Age
Golden Age is a historical novel by Jane Smiley that concludes her sweeping Last Hundred Years Trilogy, tracing an American family through the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Platinum Age of Comic Books Target entity description: The Platinum Age of Comic Books refers to the early, pre–Golden Age period of comics history, when modern comic books were first emerging from newspaper strips and experimental formats in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Golden Age of Comic Books
The Golden Age of Comic Books was the pioneering period from the late 1930s to the early 1950s when the superhero genre emerged and characters like Superman, Batman, and Captain America first rose to prominence.
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B.
Silver Age of Comic Books
The Silver Age of Comic Books was a mid-20th-century era marked by the creative revitalization of superheroes, innovative storytelling, and dynamic artwork that redefined the comic book medium.
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C.
Bronze Age of Comic Books
The Bronze Age of Comic Books was a period from the early 1970s to mid-1980s marked by darker themes, social relevance, and more complex storytelling in mainstream superhero comics.
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D.
Golden Age
The Golden Age is a mythological era of primordial peace, prosperity, and harmony, often associated with the early rule of the Titans before human decline through subsequent ages.
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E.
Golden Age
Golden Age is a historical novel by Jane Smiley that concludes her sweeping Last Hundred Years Trilogy, tracing an American family through the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
era of comic books
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historical period ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
early comic book era
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pre–Golden Age of Comic Books ⓘ |
| basedOn | newspaper comic strips ⓘ |
| country |
United Kingdom
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| endTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| field |
comics history
ⓘ
popular culture history ⓘ |
| follows | Victorian era of illustrated humor periodicals ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure comics
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children’s comics ⓘ humor comics ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
emergence of modern comic book form
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experimental formats ⓘ pre–Golden Age ⓘ transition from newspaper strips to comic books ⓘ |
| includesForm |
comic pamphlets
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comic strip reprint books ⓘ humor magazines ⓘ |
| influenced |
Golden Age of Comic Books
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development of comic book format ⓘ syndicated newspaper strips ⓘ |
| mainMedium | print ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Buster Brown
ⓘ
Little Nemo ⓘ
linked to:
Little Nemo in Slumberland
The Katzenjammer Kids ⓘ The Yellow Kid ⓘ
linked to:
The Yellow Kid in McFadden’s Flats
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| notableCreator |
Richard F. Outcault
ⓘ
Rudolph Dirks ⓘ
linked to:
Rudolf Dirks
Winsor McCay ⓘ |
| notablePublisher |
DC Thomson
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linked to:
D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
Dell Publishing ⓘ Eastern Color Printing ⓘ McClure Syndicate ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday
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Comic Cuts ⓘ Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics ⓘ
linked to:
Famous Funnies (comic book work)
The Funnies (1929) ⓘ The Yellow Kid in McFadden’s Flats ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of American comics
ⓘ
history of British comics ⓘ |
| precedes | Golden Age of Comic Books ⓘ |
| startTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
comics scholarship
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histories of comic books ⓘ |
| typicalFormat |
pulp-style comic booklets
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reprinted newspaper strips in booklet form ⓘ tabloid-sized comic sections ⓘ |
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