The Silver Age of Comics

WILLIAM SCHOELL is the author of many books on pop culture, film and the performing arts, as well as biographies. His film and pop culture books include Comic Book Heroes of the Screen; The Nightmare Never Ends: The Official History of Freddy Kruger and the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' Films; Creature Features: Nature Turned Nasty in the Movies and Stay Out of the Shower, the first book to look at Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" and its influence. His biographies include the natonal bestseller The Rat Pack: Neon Nights with the Kings of Cool; Martini Man: The Life of Dean Martin and The Sundance Kid: The Life of Robert Redford. as well as studies of such figures as Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, Giuseppi Verdi, H. P. Lovecraft, Dorothy Dandridge, and Sammy Davis Jr. for young adults. His novels include Fatal Beauty, The Pact, The Dragon, Late at Night and Saurian. Schoell is a native New Yorker.

From 1959 to 1969 American comic books saw the coming of the so called silver-age of comics with the Justice League of America, Fantastic Four and Hulk and all that other Lee & Kirby stuff along a lot of other wacky colorful stuff. This was what was going on in England and the Philippines at the same time. Wow Look like the covers of paperback books aimed at adults. Makes our stuff look kind silly by comparison doesn’t it? Hmmm? Yeah when’s the next John Steel movie coming out wise guy?

This is the second of the many races between Silver Age Superman and Flash II (Barry Allen). Flash is my favorite hero. I have a lot of his Silver Age title (with Barry Allen). I've also tried to collect all of the issues where he races Superman. It's absurd to me that Superman would be faster than Flash. Absurd.

The Silver Age (1956–1970) was one of the most popular and influential eras in comic book history for creators and readers alike. THE SILVER AGE OF COMIC BOOK ART highlights the careers of eight acknowledged hall of fame artists who drew definitive versions of the industry’s greatest characters, while often setting trends in the look of comic book art itself. Arlen Schumer’s book is the first to concentrate on the importance of these artists and their work, as well as the literary and sociological aspects of the Silver Age. Designed by the author using a distinctive graphic style, actual comic book art is enlarged to dynamic full- and double-page spreads, along with biographical text by the author, and thoughts, ideas, and quotes from the artists themselves. Finally, here is an art book that pays proper homage to this great era of comic books and the amazing artists responsible for it.