Spinnerette

What are the defining characteristics of Bronze and Gold ages?

The Golden Age was the 40s, so basically heroes in tights beating the shit out of Nazis. Surprisingly not as batshit as the Silver Age; if I remember right, heroes would be more willing to straight-up kill people. Because, you know, Nazis.

The Bronze Age stretches between the 70s and 80s, and doesn't really have a "style" per se. It more marked a time where comics were actually willing to try long-running plotlines and political/social commentary before jumping into grimdark in the 90s.

Eh, they'd also kill non-Nazis in the Golden Age. Batman straight up murdered tons of people. Golden Age was also defined by it being pre-Comics Code and before comics found their niche IIRC, so there was the wider (male) audience, and anything goes regarding content.

So a Golden Age Spinny would be more mature and serious but not to the point of Dark Age Spinny's edgefest?

Golden Age E-Spin would be a Nazi Super-Soldier.

edited 19th May '15 7:40:32 AM by TobiasDrake

I'm waiting for Ultimate Spinneret to show up now.

Will there be a Japan-import Manga Spinnerette done in the style of either Tezuka or Kia Asamiya (she did a manga adapation of Batman)?

Would a female Golden Age character be trigger-happy, though, or would she tend to be all girly feminine?

(Honest question; I'm not that familiar with period comics.)

There's not a massive sample size to study there, if we're being honest.

Golden Age superheroines could actually be somewhat diverse. There were certainly plenty of superheroines who didn't do much, but there were also some who kicked serious ass. I would guess that Golden Age Spinny would probably not throw any punches, and would rely more on her wits to capture bad guys.

The new one for the day. I can't remember if the main timeline Evil Spinnerette was this much of a Card-Carrying Villain. ^_^;;

Who was there besides Wonder Woman?

Black Canary was created not long after Wondy. About six years.

I gather that the Phantom Lady and Miss America both go back to 1941.

Are Modern Age superheroes/supervillains really "pushovers" compared to '90s ones?

Not really, but that's totally what a 90s superhero would say about the non-grimdark heroes with a modicum of ethics we have today.

Actually, Golden Age girls had greater scope than you'd think. Here, some analysis. A little nosey around some lists (many with broken links, so not given here) bolsters the impression that the Silver Age clamped down on the number and variety of female leads, turning those it didn't just brush under the carpet or water-down into sidekicks or outright distaff counterparts.

That's not to say the Golden Girls didn't have problems. But, I suspect a lot of our jaundiced view of them is mistaking the beginning of the Silver Age for being the normal state of affairs for the Golden. <_< The Comics Code has a lot to answer for.

edited 20th May '15 6:33:44 AM by Euodiachloris

[Random double post thanks to edge of range.]

edited 20th May '15 6:29:15 AM by Euodiachloris

The only Golden Age comic I own is Nelvana of the Northern Lights, a Canadian superheroine who debuted in August 1941, several months before Wonder Woman. It's actually a pretty good series. I enjoyed it, despite the fact that I've never liked any other Golden Age comic I've tried to read.

http://www.spinnyverse.com/comic/52515 its like im reading 90s marvel or 10's dc

That was pretty cool for something that had so much 90s stuff in it. :)

Pouchsword?

It would be funny if the plane was still overloaded, and now she has to dump the sword.

Hahahaha that liefeldian pose during the kick

Temporal anomaly! 1970s Blondie quote!

(Or, okay, 1980s Mötley Crüe quote. But let's credit the writer with some taste.)

edited 25th May '15 2:35:10 AM by Spindriver