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unusual facts about Silver Age



Assault on the Senses

In the Sept. 2007 (issue 1633) edition of Comics Buyer's Guide, columnist Beau Smith reviewed a copy of Assault on the Senses with positive reviews pointing out, "there is a very cool tint of homage to the Silver Age of comics in this story, and if you're a master of comic trivia like Mark Waid or Peter David you may just figure it out."

Dial H

It is a contemporary, frequently humorous take on the Silver Age title Dial H for Hero.

Sargon the Sorcerer

Taking his professional name from the ancient king of the same name, Sargon has had a checkered career, acting mostly as a hero during the Golden Age aided by his cartoonish fat little comic relief sidekick/manager Maximillian O'Leary as he battled crooks, spies and his azure-skinned archenemy the Blue Lama, Queen of Black Magic, but re-emerging in the Silver Age - as a villain, at least at first.

Vladimir Dashkevich

His long time collaboration with famous singer Elena Kamburova has resulted in a number of vocal cycles based on the lyrics by the Russian Silver Age poets, including Requiem of Anna Akhmatova.


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Andy Hope 1930

Hope's oeuvre is populated by superheroes from the Golden and Silver Age of Comics — Flash Gordon, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman — and such futuristic objects as spaceships, laser beams and fantastic uniforms.

Big Bang Comics

Although it featured the Golden Age versions of Ultiman and Thunder Girl and used the name of the company's Golden Age superteam, the team also included Knight Watchman and a heroine called Masker (who appeared in BB #21), both of whom are exclusively Silver Age heroes in the published version of the universe.

Karl Michael Ziehrer

He was one of the composers who bridged the 'Golden Age' of operetta with the new influence of the emerging 'Silver Age', with composers such as Franz Lehár, who would dominate the operetta scene for many years later on.

Kryptonian

Also in Silver Age and Modern continuity Kryptonians have more than one ethnic group, such as dark-skinned Kryptonians from Krypton's Vathlo Island that resembles Earth humans of Sub-Saharan African descent, and a group from the continent of Twenx that resembles Earth Asian and Latino peoples.

Video Comic Book

The show panned and scanned silver age DC Comics such as Green Lantern, Swamp Thing, Sugar and Spike, The Flash, Adam Strange, Nutsy Squirrel, The Three Mousketeers, Doodles Duck, and The Atom.

Vilenkin

Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin better known as Nikolai Minsky, a mystical writer and poet of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.

Zen the Intergalactic Ninja

Zen has been depicted by many well-known comics artists, including Paul Pelletier, Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy and Sam Kieth, creator of The Maxx, as well as silver age legends Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.