Re: Campaign Tone -- explaining “Bronze Age”
So, I take it this means no one here agrees with me that the fad element is the defining part of the Bronze Age? I mean, comic writers always seem to overhype the social awareness of Bronze age comics but political correctness was really a fad of its own in the 70s. Most of the other innovations found in Bronze age comic writing seems to come trom the introduction of new genres into mainstream comics such as horror, martial arts, blaxploitation etc., and these are also fads.
Even the best cosmic hero of the early 70s was a fad hero, the Silver Surfer. Its right there in the name, he is a surfer and he has a board. Meanwhile, i cant think of a single element of popular culture in the 60s that could be considered an obvious influence on characters such as Spider-Man or the Hulk. Now add in the excessive discofication of costumes in the 70s and my case should seem fairly solid.
(Everyone, please don't take this as an insult to your taste or to the Bronze age. It's one of my favorite periods in superhero comics.)
