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Modern Age of Comic Books

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highest-selling format for comic books". According to industry reports, "the massive shift to graphic novels as the preferred format for comics continued in 2019 bringing sales in the book channel above the comic store channel in North America for the first time in the history of the medium" and that "the sales of graphic novels were growing faster in the book trade than in comics shops".
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greatly increased by the 2000s. The consensus by both older and newer fans of manga often spoke of how manga's lexicon of works ranged greatly than the often restricted variety limited to superhero stories on the American market, and provided better quality by not subjecting themselves to the censorship and oppressive standards such as the
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Marvel lineups by the end of the decade. 1970s horror anthology series merely continued what had already been established during the late 1960s, and endured into the 1980s until they were markedly transformed into new formats, many of which were greatly influenced by, or directly reprinted, "pre-Code" content and styles of the early 1950s.
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problems and the durability of the trade paperback format is an important consideration for longevity and collection development in public and school libraries. Trade paperbacks "are also the primary culprit in people's confusion of the lexicon, since 'TPBs make up 95% of what many librarians refer to as graphic novels'".
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The crash also marked the relative downfall of the large franchises and inter-connected "families" of titles that led to a glut of merchandising. While the big franchise titles still have a large amount of regular titles and merchandising attached to them, all of these things were notably scaled back
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Starting in the 1990s and throughout the 2000s, a number of successful movie adaptations of comic books, partly due to improvements in special effect technology, helped to extend their market audience, attracting the attention of many new readers who previously had not been interested in comic books.
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were extremely popular and were idolized by younger readers in ways more common to professional athletes and rock musicians than comic book artists. Propelled by star power and upset that they did not own the popular characters they created for Marvel, several illustrators, including the above three
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including anime and manga soon began to slowly but steadily spread by fans into the United States by the mid-1990s. In the aftermath of the bankruptcy of Marvel and DC and the languishing of American comics after 1996, and with the rise of the alternative media boom of the decade, interest in manga
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by David S. Serchay explains: "At first it was the most popular stories that were being collected, but more and more comic book stories are now being put into trades, sometimes less than two months after the 'newest' issue is sold. And not only recent material but a great deal of older material is
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ushered in a popular trend of "rebooting", "remaking" or greatly reimagining the publisher-wide universes every 5–10 years on varying scales. The practice of rebooting entire universes occurred frequently enough that this era has also been referred to as The Iron Age. This often resulted in origins
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did run an expanding line of silver-age horror and "mystery" titles during the early 1960s, and Charlton maintained a continuous publishing history of them, during the later 1960s, a gradual loosening of enforcement standards eventually led to the re-establishment of horror titles within the DC and
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highlighted, "publishers and retailers traditionally ignore the sales of trade paperbacks when it comes to deciding whether or not a specific title is doing well. For decades, the single issue has been king, even though those sales figures are far from helpful. Trade paperbacks are increasingly
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Despite the growing popularity of the trade paperback, the serialized, individual issues are still considered the primary mode of sale by comics publishers, and a poorly selling series may face cancellation irrespective of trade paperback sales. However, some series "survive on the popularity of
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Interest in anime and manga into the United States has been known to date back as far as the mid 1970s around the American West Coast, though the mid to late 1980s would see the quiet introduction of various translated Japanese manga into North America. While not the first to release translated
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collections. Trade paperbacks and graphic novels are the preferred format for circulating library collections, since these collections are created to be read, and not to be retained as collector's items or as investments. Attempts to catalog and circulate single-issue comics can pose difficult
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highlighted that "though this was far less common a decade ago, pretty much every monthly comic out there right now is eventually collected into trade paperback or hardcover edition that prints several issues in one package". Trade paperbacks are often even given volume numbers, making them a
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emphasized, "in recent years, collected issues/trade paperbacks are more popular and profitable than monthly comic book periodicals. As single-issue sales have consistently plummeted, trade paperbacks and graphic novels have filled in the gaps. From 2013 to 2018, graphic novels were the
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being retold, histories being rewritten, and so forth. These reinventions could be on as large a scale as suddenly retconning seminal story points and rewriting character histories, or simply introducing and/or killing off/writing out various important and minor elements of a universe.
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important as a marker of what sells, with 2016 seeing a 12% jump in trade sales over 2015 – a period when single-issue sales fell. Even 2017, which saw both trades and single issue sales fall compared to 2016, trades were down 9.38%, compared to single issues dropping 10.4%". In 2019,
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from a parent series, while others were simply additional monthly series featuring a popular character. In another similarity to the X-books, these franchises regularly featured crossovers, in which one storyline overlapped into every title in the “family” for a few months.
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conference in New York showing that for the first time in decades, the market was dominated not by traditionally American monthly comics of the superhero genre, but graphic novels and trade paperbacks of other genres, particular those aimed at younger readers, such
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But few, in the glut of new series, possessed lasting artistic quality and the items that were predicted to be valuable did not become so, often because of huge print runs that made them commonplace. The speculator market began to collapse in summer of 1993 after
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stories to a new generation of fans. These editions tend to resemble a phone book in that these are very thick books and are black-and-white (to help keep the cost down). DC Comics has followed suit by introducing a line called
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to use as its own exclusive distributor, which resulted in both distribution problems for Marvel and the industry's other major publishers making exclusive distribution deals with other companies, which would lead to
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While many comic book artists and writers had become well known by their readership as early as the 1940s, some comics creators in the late 1980s and the 1990s became known to the general population. These included
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in 1996, and as a result, scaled back all of their franchises, including X-Men. A number of "X-books" were canceled, and the amount of limited series published, as well as general merchandise, was reduced.
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Because the time period encompassing the Modern Age is not well defined, and in some cases disputed by both fans and most professionals, a comprehensive history is open to debate. Many influences from the
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became some of the first and most notorious examples of this trend. Another trend which emerged was foil-stamped covers. The first Marvel comic book with a foil-stamped cover was the third volume of the
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serialization of sorts. Due to this, many writers now consider their plots with the trade paperback edition in mind, scripting stories that last four to twelve issues, which could easily be read as a "
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publications traditional to manga have become common. As a result of demand and to respect their cultural origins, the books are presented in the original form intended to be read from right to left.
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By the late 1980s, important comic books, such as the first appearance of a classic character or the first issue of a long-running series, were sold for thousands of dollars. Mainstream
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Many popular creators followed Image's lead and attempted to use their star power to launch their own series; ones for which they would have licensing rights and editorial control.
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By the early 1990s, these events, as well as the influence of vocal proponents of independent publishing, helped to inspire a number of Marvel artists to form their own company,
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becoming the only distributor of note in North America. In 1996, Marvel Comics, the largest company in the industry and hugely profitable just three years before, declared
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in particular became notorious for this, with many of its series debuting with alternative covers, wide use of embossed and foil covers and other "collectible" traits.
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Complementing the creation of these franchises was the concept of redesigning the characters. The Modern Age of comics would usher in this era of change. The impact of
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In rough chronological order by the beginning of the trend, here are some important developments that occurred during the Modern Age, many of which are interrelated:
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devastated the industry: sales plummeted, hundreds of retail stores closed and many publishers downsized. Marvel made an ill-judged decision during the crash to buy
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By the early 1990s, X-Men had become the biggest franchise in comics, and by the middle of the decade over a dozen X-Men-related comic books, both continuing and
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provided brisk competition for long-standing superheroes. Image in particular is singled out by some critics for contributing to the conditions which led to the
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characters were redesigned, creators gained prominence in the industry, independent comics flourished, and larger publishing houses became more commercialized.
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would establish a North American branch by 2001. While manga translations were previously presented in the traditional American comic magazine format, the
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in 1984–1987, horror comic books incorporated elements of science fiction/fantasy and strove to a new artistic standard. Other examples include
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have kept the X-Men franchise healthy, and have resulted in a larger market presence outside of comics. In 1999–2000, a new animated series,
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would usher in a new change as well as Spider-Man would wear a black costume. This costume change led to the development of the character
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of the 1980s and corporate promoted business study focuses on Japanese relations and business in universities, interest and knowledge of
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In addition, the publishing format has gained such respectability as literature that it became an increasingly prominent part of both
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or highly conservative; predominantly white American influence that was prominent years before. During the 1990s, publishers such as
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became more benign and sympathetic as a man who fights for an oppressed people, albeit through means that others deem unacceptable.
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With regards to storylines overlapping, the Superman stories from 1991 to 2000 were written on a weekly basis. One needed to buy
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which began in the mid-1980s and continues through the present day. During approximately the first 15 years of this period, many
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This trend was not confined to the books themselves, and many other pieces of merchandise, such as toys, particularly "chase"
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line of trade paperbacks has reprinted heroes such as Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four and has been able to introduce these
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into networks of spin-off books in the mid-to-late 1980s. Like the X-books, some of these spin-offs highlighted a concept or
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were absorbed into this new line. Other titles later were created for the line, which continued successfully into the 2010s.
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The interest in the speculator market of a new Spider-Man costume led to other changes for Marvel characters in the 1980s.
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Many series tried to imitate the model the X-Men carved as a franchise. Marvel and DC expanded popular properties, such as
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and adult content that differentiated them from other mainstream titles. DC later separated these titles to their launched
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was established in 1954 and specified that no comic should contain the words "horror" or "terror" in its title. This led
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their trades sales, not just in the direct market and local comic shops, but in book stores across the world" and at "
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in 1992, an umbrella label under which several autonomous, creator-owned companies existed. Image properties, such as
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had become one of the most popular titles in comics. Marvel decided to build on this success by creating a number of
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By the early 1990s, antiheroes had become the rule rather than the exception, and among the most popular were
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Although sales of individual comic periodicals dropped in the late 1990s and the early 2000s, sales rose for
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The trend of creating characters with more psychological depth that were less black-and-white, also affected
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that states a Knowledge (XXG) editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.
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would be fired and would be reborn as the Captain, wearing a black outfit in issue 337 of the series.
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attracted some attention and garnered a number of awards. These creators were brought in by DC editor
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into almost every X-book for two to three months. These "X-overs" usually led to a spike in sales.
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This also led to an avalanche of other movie adaptations which included previously lesser known
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The popularity of trade paperbacks has resulted in older material being reprinted as well. The
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became a force of nature who means no personal malice in his feedings, and the X-Men's nemesis
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The late 1970s saw famed creators going to work for new independent publishers. The arrival of
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animated series, various other companies would release manga-style comics such as Ben Dunn's
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solo series. There were many new popular additions to the X-Men in the 1990s, including
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was the first company on paper to contract non-Japanese artists to produce and market (
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titles, sometimes collectively referred to as "X-books". These early X-books included
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were buying massive amounts of comics they thought would be valuable in the future.
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debuted, while new toys have been developed and sold since the success of the first
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would revert to his original grey skin color in issue 325. Issue 300 of the first
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Maximizing the Impact of Comics in Your Library: Graphic Novels, Manga, and More
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feature film. The comic books themselves have been reinvented in series such as
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is the most definitive example of this impact as Bronze Age characters such as
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would overlap with the infancy of the Modern Age. The work of creators such as
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working on a new Wonder Woman series. Batman would also get a makeover as the
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Conversely, film and TV directors and producers became involved with comics.
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would emerge as the X-Men's Angel's dark counterpart after serving as one of
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died in issue 8. Specifically, Barry Allen signified the beginning of the
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storyline would be one of the most popular Batman stories ever published.
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is the bridge that joins the two ages. The result was the cancellation of
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In addition to individual character or franchise/family-wide makeovers,
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ran reports that comic books were good financial investments and soon
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Narrative Advertising Models and Conceptualization in the Digital Age
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In 1993, a coalition of African-American writers and artists started
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This sales boom resulted in a great deal of merchandising, such as
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saw success in the comics field with the controversial miniseries
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was the first example as Supergirl died in issue 7, and long-time
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The sales boom began to wane in the mid to late 1990s, due to the
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Publishers responded by manufacturing collectors’ items, such as
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The Librarian's Guide to Graphic Novels for Children and Tweens
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were established to meet the demand for manga. Upon the 2000s,
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and his death was highly shocking at the time. Marvel Comics'
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By the late 1980s DC had published many mature titles such as
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has also enjoyed success as a fantasy writer and number one
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in 2006, co-writing with comics writer (and Donner's former
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The Dark Age: Grim, Great & Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics
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imprint that publishes titles outside of the DC Universe.
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Mid-1980s to present era of American superhero comic books
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Influence of other countries, genres, media and markets
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and the effect it had on the industry. Marvel declared
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to abandon its horror comics line. Publishers such as
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