silver age
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1. silver age - Noun
2. Silver age - Proper noun
Meaning
(classical mythology) the second age of the world, characterized by opulence and irreligion; by extension, a period secondary in achievement to a golden age
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In an interview, Auden once stated that he had intended to title the poem My Silver Age in mockery of the supposedly imperial Golden age, however chose Ode as it seemed to provide a more sensitive exploration of warfare.
Fictional character biography Silver Age In the pre-Crisis continuity, Lex Luthor's driving ambitions are to kill Superman and enslave Earth as a stepping stone to dominating the universe.
In 1967, Batman artist Infantino (who had designed popular Silver Age characters Batgirl and the Phantom Stranger) rose from art director to become DC's editorial director.
The Silver Age Magneto barely cared about mutant-kind, only seeking to satiate his dreams of conquest.
His age was originally left undefined, with real-time references to specific years sometimes given to past events in Golden Age and early Silver Age comics.
In the mid-1960s with the Silver Age of Comics, Archie switched the heroes to a new imprint, " Mighty Comics Group", with the revival of all the MLJ heroes done as Marvel parodies with "the campy humor of the Batman TV show."