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    Originally posted by McCoy
    But if you follow the Earth-1 / Earth-2 convention, the Earth-2 Superman was never Superboy, so it could be said that all the Superboy stories 1945 on were about the Earth-1, Silver Age Superman.
    Yeah, mostly so, I'd think. Just try not to think about when they show Superboy in the 20s-30s. Then again, when the New Adventures of Superboy was coming out in the 80s, he was adventuring in the 60s and edging into the 70s. Made me cackle out loud when they did that Legion guest app in Superman:TAS. Happened in the late 70's-early 80s inside the story and had lots of fun pop culture references to the times.

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    Originally posted by Superskrull
    true, but there isn't a clear demarkation that shows the Gold turning to the Silver. All through the 40s & 50's Superman's powers swelled to ever greater proportions and due to the superboy stories, he was always shown as having this power level.
    The Silver Age of comics is generally known to have started with the origin and first appearance of the Fantastic Four in Fantastic Four number one, November 1961.

    It is the only 10 cent comic book of the silver age I believe.

    The Golden Age of comics is generally known for any comics published prior to that.

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    Originally posted by Force
    The Silver Age of comics is generally known to have started with the origin and first appearance of the Fantastic Four in Fantastic Four number one, November 1961.

    It is the only 10 cent comic book of the silver age I believe.
    There was a revival of superheroes by DC that preceded the FF by a few years. IIRC, many place the start of Silver at the first appearance of the new Flash around 1959. Lee got permission from the publisher to do FF partially because the DC superhero comics were successful.

    However, there is little doubt that Lee/Kirby and their phenomenal run defined the bulk of the Silver Age.

    Also, IIRC, I think the first 2-3 issues of FF were 10 cents.

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    I've never read a comics authority place the beginning of the Silver Age with the FF. To an "authority" (the ones I came across) they have pointed to the Barry Allen Flash.
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