What is the 'Silver Age' of comic books?

What is the 'Silver Age' of comic books?

Mark Zaid (Owner of Esquire Comics) gives expert video advice on: Why do collectors refer to the specific era of a comic book?; What is the most sought after era of comic books? and more...

The Silver Age of comic books is when we transitioned back into superheroes. It started in 1956, in fact it started to most people with Showcase Number 4 which is when the DC Comics brought back The Flash, and many of these books at that time are when our Golden Age characters who have now been reinvented into a Silver Age variation. They're not the same character, they're just the same stylistic type of character and may bear the same name and sometimes some people have a dispute as to whether this is the first Silver Age comic book. For the most part this is what's accepted to be that fact. This brought back many collectors back into the fold of enjoying comic books and the Silver Age lasted until the end of the late 1960s, and the very beginning of the 1970s.