Atom Age??21254
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KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Ok...so...I didn't notice on my last submission that some books got classified as 'Atom Age' Umm...what is Atom age??? edit...Ohhhh...google says maybe 1945 or 1948 to mid 1950's??? Is this something we are calling out as its own now??? Was always just used to Gold, Silver, Bronze etc.....( Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme!!!) Dang...if it is something then maybe I need to get some Atomic Bomb covers and send them in to get the Atom Age designation!!  |
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| The term has been around for a while. I thought it referred to books that were pre-Golden Age, but it appears to be a subset or period between Gold and Silver instead. I never really paid it much mind as it wasn't something that I collected. |
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| Platinum age is before golden age with Action 1 starting the golden age. The atom age starts after the end of world war 2 with the invention of the Atom bomb. In comics that's around 1948 with all the Atom bomb covers and that goes to 1955 as 1956 is Showcase 4 the start of the silver age |
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| Wow... and here I thought I was suppose to ignore everything you post! Thx for that clarification, but just for continuity... what issue starts the bronze age? | ||
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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Quote:Originally Posted by NDS Some say Green Lantern 76  |
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| Some say the introduction of the 25 cent Marvel picture frames herald the arrival of the Bronze age. | ||
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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GAC private msg quote post Address this user | |
| The modern age era parameters keep getting bigger/changing while all the other era's remain unchanged. That seems weird | ||
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| I've always considered that the Silver Age ended in September 1970 with Fantastic Four #102, Jack Kirby's last issue on the title. | ||
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| As I've mentioned before, I think different titles and different publishers enter the different ages at different points. Huh, I never expected to use the word, different, four different times in a different sentence. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson Need to break out the Thesaurus!! |
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| I have no idea what Atom's age is. He's probable 75 or so right? | ||
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 I hear their hourly rate is outrageous!
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1946 - Flash Gordon |
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Quote:Originally Posted by sportshort This is a perfect example of an atomic age book. SA began in 1956, and 1953 is clearly not a golden age book. Another example is EC horror. GA is just that; Timely Cap’s etc. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson Picture frame Marvels really became a thing on 20 cent covers…..Sub-Mariner has a lot of classic 20 center BA picture frames. Same thing with a decent amount of Marvel western 20 centers. 25 cent covers are towards the mid ramge to tail end of the Bronze Age. I would say GL 76 is the start of the BA. Copper starts around 1980 thru 1990. Some put Bat Adv 12 as one of the last copper key but I think 93/94 stretches copper too far. |
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The very first picture frame books were 25 cents because they were double sized, square bound issues. They started in November 1971. The next issue after the initial picture frame book was then 20 cents per issue, an increase over the previous 15 cents per issue.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by sportshort This is 1953, no? Also, is there a Dell Flash Gordon #1? When I look up Dell Flash Gordon all I find is this issue. Is this the only issue for this title and time? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson Nice... Those square bounds are tough in the wild... |
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Quote:Originally Posted by GAC 1953 yes. I am running into the same wall. This is a question for... Steve Borock! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by sportshort I'd really like to know because this is a killer book...just beautiful. Great pick up!! |
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  Maybe because of this title by Dell publishing is why the other Flash Gordon is a issue 2? I only did 30 seconds of detective work. Been busy slinging floppies today. |
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| @southerncross Very cool! Thanks! I checked mycomicshop and a few other places but couldn't find out why the sole Dell issue for 1953 is a #2. I appreciate your post. Thanks! | ||
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| @sportshort Great find!! Definitely after your #2....appears related....both painted covers by the same artist. I'm going to look for a Four Colour 511 or earlier. https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?tid=190901&pgi=501 |
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Quote:Originally Posted by GAC Don't forget to post,if you figure it out. Now, I have a "need to know." |
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| Here is the first, previous issue to the #512 and your #2 of Dell, same series. Not sure what this tells us. https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ivitems=6712961#59045619  |
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sportshort private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I'm still confused. The two I posted are within a year of each other, the one you found is within 8 months of the #2, not too bad so far. But the one posted by @southerncross is many years before these. If Dell wanted to confuse comic book collectors, they've succeeded. But the book you found is at a great price. Shipping and grading costs are about what they are asking for the book. |
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| Dell often spun named titles out of Four Color Comics. The Four Color #424 (if it really is the first with Flash Gordon) would be the #1, then the #2, then I guess they decided against it. The Peanuts series from 1958 is like this with the first three issues being Four Color Comics, and issues #4-13 being Peanuts. |
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