The silver age 1956-1968
With the new modernized versions of the original Justice Society characters, new editor Julius Schwartz decided to bring back the Justice Society. But instead since Schwartz liked baseball he called them The Justice League of America. So in The Brave and Bold 28 J.L.A. debuted seen tangled in the tentacles of the alien starfish Starro.
At the end 1960 J.L.A. got there own comic series. Also in the The silver age there were a lot of comics that were made for teens such as Swing with Scooter, Pat Boone and Teen Beat. And comedy comics were still being published.
Adventure comics were selling very well since they had been making Superboy.
And in their two hundred seventy first issue the fans got a chance to see Clark Kent and Lex Luthor met. In this issue Lex appears with a full head of hare and was friends with Clark's other ego Superboy. But all his hair falls out when he is making a kryptonite antidote and fumes knock all his hair out. Another big silver age thing happened in May of 1964 in Detective comics 327. Writer John Broome and new artist Carmine Infantino saved Detective comics from cancelation with the new look Batman witch debuted the yellow ellipse around the Bat-emblem. This look was also presented in the Adam West tv show. The 1960's were a very big time for Batman with Poison Ivy being made in 66 and in 69 Dick Grayson going off to college. In the year of Batman getting his new look in The Brave and The Bold 54 Robin, Kid Flash and Aqulad get called to helped a Teenage rights movement in Hatton Corner. But when they find out that all the teenagers have been captured by Mr. Twister they team up to find Mr. Twister and rescue all the teenagers. Though at this time they did not have a team name they would soon be called The Teen Titans. Also in the Silver age not many of the real famous villains were shown in many comics. Batman faced one of his biggest villains yet in 66, The Blockbuster ( Mark Desmond ). Being rescued by a young Bruce Wayne from almost sinking into quicksand Mark thought of himself being scrawny. At an older age he made a serum that would make him taller, bigger and stronger. But threw the process of going threw his body he became a mindless brute. Batman and Robin tackled with him in Detective comics 349 finding out that he can only be relaxed by sight of Bruce Wayne. In 1967 Barbra Gorden was introduced to the family of DC characters In Detective comics 359. While trying to get into a costume ball Barbra sews herself a costume that looks almost alike to Batman's. At the ball protecter of the underworld Killer Moth shows up and is gonna take Bruce Wayne hostage when Barbra jumps into action. Later getting help from Batman and Robin she was granted a partnership with them and Batman said that her helped will be needed. I do consider that The Silver age was one of my favorite comic times. It's was really a treat going threw it with you. Nuff said!
Comics books may seem like some sort of corny book that was made along time ago, but really comics were what kept peoples head high during the great depression and world war two. And today they still do that. So today's topic is... THE LEGACY OF COMIC BOOKS.
The golden age of comics.
1938-1951
The golden age of comics was loaded with war stories such as Captain America,Boy Commandos and many more. Batman would sometimes have [ buy war bonds and stamps ] on his cover, while Superman, Robin and Batman where throwing baseballs at Hitler. But the golden age also had most of their characters made in that time period. such as the original Flash, Green lantern, Atom,Clay Face, Mister Terrific, Black Canary and Star Sapphire. But another thing that happened in that time was the making of the Justice League of America. But it wasn't called Justice League. It was called The Justice Society of America.
The only people who were not in it were Superman, Batman and Robin and Wonder Women. At the end of the 40's The Riddler was made in Detective Comics 140. Robin also got a solo career in Star Spangled comics 65. In the 1950's The Justice Society wasn't really known anymore. But there were new comic series being made such as "The Brave and the Bold" and "Showcase". And new characters like Krypto, Ace the Bat-hound and Mr. Zero, now known as Mr. Freeze. Also after the Justice Society had ended other types of comic books came out like monster comics, romance comics, western comics and sci-fi comics. Julius Schwartz and Gardner Fox were some of the most Important people in the DC industry. Julius decided sometime in 1956 to bring back some of old Justice Society of America characters. So they made a modernized version of The Flash (Barry Allen) and a new Green Lantern (Hal Jordan). And along with those characters many others. But not only were there new characters there was also a new age of comics.
Jason Todd's role as the boy wonder wasn't working out. They had just finished off Two-Face and Jason got out of control. When they got back to the cave, Jason told Bruce he had found out that his dad was killed by Two-Face while looking at his file, but that same night they got him. Bruce, looking forward to how Jason would handle Dent this time. Jason let the law give him his punishment. Batman thought everything was going to be alright. But it actually made things worse. Jason's encounter with Dent gave him no peace. Will this be the first wrong turn for Robin, or the last? Find out in... A DEAD BIRD! Jason Todd's second year as Robin. Times change and people have to change with them. The Dark Night gets darker, boy wonder gets tougher. The dynamic duo was tracking down some drug dealers, Jason was giving Bruce a sign that they shouldn't have come. But right then one of the dealers took out a gun and tried to shoot but Robin was to fast for him! "This thing fires off Twenty rounds a second.. and you were still to slow" said Robin. Then Robin flipped an kneed the two dealers in the chest. Then another dealer pulled out a gun and said "I'm not slow punk". Then Batman got out his Bat-Rope and said "I've got him". But right then Robin jumped up and shattered the the guys collarbone. "ROBIN" Batman yelled. The ride to the Bat-cave was one of great silence. When they got there they started talking. "Alright Jason spill it, give me answers on why you completely lost you're cool back there. Everything I taught you out the window." said Bruce. " He's a drug dealing pimp, what the heck did you expect!" said Jason. "YOU SHATTERED HIS COLLARBONE! THERE WERE TEN DIFFERENT WAYS YOU COULD HAVE ENDED THAT. NONE OF THEM INVOLED THAT TIPE OF DAMAGE." said Batman. "You're right, that was dumb. But that doesn't mean he didn't deserve it." said Jason. Then Jason walked away. And that was the first time they Bruce knew, That Jason Todd was not Dick Grayson.
Two months ago Batman and Robin battled one of there most dangerous villains of all time, the Firefly, the man of a thousand lights. And now he's back again. But this time the dynamic duo are ready in..... THE RAINBOW BATMAN! Down in the Bat-cave secretly located under a barn near Wayne Mayor, Batman and Robin are getting ready to bust some lip. But Batman is doing some weird things to his costume. "But, Batman. Last night you wore the green costume.. and tonight you're wearing the red! Why!" said Robin. "I must, Robin.. I must wear a different colored Batman costume each night! Said Bruce. Then they were off. Firefly was at the bank using his red prisma ray to open the volt. But the dynamic duo were all ready there. Then Firefly shot his red ray straight at Batman, but nothing happened. "You're red prisma ray is useless against objects of the same color. The rainbow rampage is over Firefly!" said Batman. " Smart changing the color of you're costume each night to neutralise my power. But you forget, I'm the man of a thousand lights"! said Firefly. Then he shot out all his colors and a gigantic rainbow creature. The dynamic duo threw everything the had at it. Any thing they threw at it would melt, freeze, or something else strange. "Each color has it's own strange power." said Robin. Then Robin got hit by the green light and turned into a two dimensional being. "You're gone Batman, my creature has cornered you." said Firefly. "Then it's a good thing I made another alterasion to my costume!" said Batman. Then Batman changed his costume from just red on it to having all the colors on it. Now each color the Rainbow creature shot wouldn't work. Then Batman jump up and kicked it, and punched Firefly. Then Robin became his normal shape again. "Unfortunately the effect was only temporary". Then Robin added on " But Firefly's going up the river permanently".
It has been six months since Bruce Wayne put street kid Jason Todd under the role of Robin the teen wonder. But in these six months there have been some weird twists and turns. But finally we come to the day when all the training is done, and everybody knows what to do. And the most important thing of all... Jason Todd is happy. One day Jason was walking down the street feeling the leaves blow in the wind, while happily walking back to Wayne manor. But right then a man yelled, "help, somebody. That cars a runaway." But right when Jason heard the man yelling he noticed that a women and her baby were walking down the same street. Then Jason pushed the woman and her baby out of the way. When they got to the other side of the road the man said to the woman, "Are you okay. My breaks failed." "I'm fine. That boy saved me," said the lady. "Don't sweat it... it was nothing," Jason said. When Jason got back to the manor the first place he went to was the cave. "Hello master Jason, I thought you would've been here hours ago," said Alfred. "I saved this lady from getting hit by a runaway car. Where's Bruce," said Jason. ", Out discussing some things about Killer Croc to Commissioner Gorden," Alfred said. Jason and Alfred had a talk to pass the time while Bruce was gone. In the talk Jason got some in
formation that he had never got before. Like before Alfred was a butler he was a actor in England. But right when Alfred was going to say something else, Bruce was there. "I think that's enough of your penny's worth psychology, Alfred, "Bruce said. "Oh god, I may faint from shock, master Bruce. Was that a pun you just maid." Alfred said. "He's just joking, Bruce. Apparently he does that sometimes" said Jason. "Are you ready Jason." "You bet!" "Then there's the costume, put it on," Bruce said. And finally all tests and the training had came to use. Jason smiles when he puts on the mask. The kind of smile Robin, the teen wonder would do. And then he says, "Do I pass the mustard?" DON'T MISS THE NEW DYNAMIC DUOS CRAZY, FUN, SCARY AND SERIES ADVENTURES, TA TA FOR NOW!!!!!!!!!!
A young 
boy from the streets of crime alley had just been dropped off at a school in Crime Alley . But when young Jason Todd went in to the school there was a big problem. But at the same time Batman was hoping that what he just did was the right move and that Jason Todd wasn't... just another kid on Crime alley. Batman was riding in the bat-mobile still thinking about Jason and if he had other smarts then stealing tires. When Bruce got back Alfred asked him how could the boy stole the tires off the bat-mobile. And Bruce said", we put on those new tires and I didn't finish redesigning the hub caps". ", There for leaving the hub caps exposed" said Alfred. Meanwhile at Ma Gunns school for boys Jason is having a lot more trouble then Batman thought. ",We've got a new pupil, luvs. Batman sent 'im... Now, who wants to stuff the little stoolie for old Ma" Ma Gunn said slowly. Then all the guys started coming around Jason saying they would give him a swimming lesson where he holds his breath for a very long time under water. But most of them got the words wrong and got a pinch from Ma. Then all the kids started a fight but Jason still took the first anything. But there were still to many people on the other side and Jason got all of them piled on top of him. ",Spunky little bloke" Ma said to Jason. Next morning play boy Bruce Wayne was looking for a copy of Jason Todd parents files. And he finally found a court house with prints of the Todd family. He asked the lady on the computer if he could get some prints on the Todd parents.But when he was walking out his stroke off luck was out. Because Viki Vale saw him and started getting all into his day. On the way out of the court house Viki asked Bruce if he would want to join her on her interview on Crime Alley. And Bruce agreed hoping this wouldn't be like another date. When they got to Crime Alley the first place they went to was, Ma Gunns school for boys. But there were already some people there so they had to wait. When they all the other people went out and Ma saw Bruce and Viki, Viki said ", I have a few followup questions for my article--but I didn't want to interrupt your television debut!" Viki said.", Your becoming quite a media star" Bruce said. Then Ma welcomed them in to her school. Ma and Bruce had a talk about how to run a school alone in Crime Alley. When Viki and Bruce left Ma got back to the re
al lesson. Which was why a revolver is better then a automatic. And Right in the middle of class Freddy [ one of the kids ] started smoking weed. And right when Ma saw him doing it she smacked him and said", how many times do I have to tell you.. never do dope". Then old Ma picked up a bottle of beer and said", stick with booze boys". And then one of the kids wanted to have some trust and wanted to try some right away. But Ma stopped him and said", ah ah ah boys, we will need your heads nice and clear for the big robbery tonight". And right at that moment Jason was thinking", this old dame is batty.That night as Jason drops out of school [ which means literally dropping out of a building on a rope ] the Batman is meting Jim Gorden for some important information on the Todds. ", Here are your print outs on the Todd family", Gorden said. Gorden told Batman that That Willis Todd was a flunky for Two-Face and that Dent shot him for failing a mission. But Jim asked Batman what was his interest in the Todd family. And Batman said", its personal Jim". But right at that moment two college kids were out in Crime Alley trying to score some.. ya know. But the guys they were trying to get it from stole there money and they both got knocked down to the ground. But right when the guys who stole the money were about to scatter Batman flew in and gave them a taste of there own medisin. Then he got the others guys up and told them", go home. keep your noses clean, and your butts out of Crime alley". When Batman was walking back to see how Jason was doing he ran into a guy that got his tires stole. And Batman said ", I think I know who did this Sir.",. And sure enough he was right. Jason Todd stole the tires. But when Batman found Jason he wasn't at Ma Gunns. He was in his room with his headphones on reading a book. Batman took the head gear off Jason's ears and said", you didn't keep your end of the bargain",. ", Like Hell" Jason yelled. Then Batman asked Jason why he wasn't at Ma Gunns and Jason said", ha! Swell school you enrolled me in! It's a kindergarten for crime.". And as they return the tires The Batman hears an incredible tale about Ma Gunn. But when they return the tires to the man, the man and the Batman are to late to see Jason go away. In fact the man didn't even see Jason. But Batman had some crime busting he needed to do with Ma Gunn and her boys. Meanwhile Ma Gunn and her boys are at the museum. One of the kids knocked out the guard of the front door. When they were walking down the hallway there were all these big ruby's and crystals all over the place. And they finally got to the rocks they were looking for. And they were the same rocks the Joker was after the day before yesterday, when there was a Robin. Ma Gunn was looking right at the crystal necklace and was right in front of it but the Bat always comes in on time. Batman kicked the first kid in the face while he was still on his grapple hook. And the second kid got kneed and punched in the face. But then Ma hit Batman on the head with a purse but Batman still wasn't knock out. ", You wouldn't hit a poor old lady would you Batman", Ma Gunn said hoping he would not see the gun behide her back. ", Never" Batman said while he had punched Ma Gunn. And with that one punch old Ma was taking a six hour nap. But there was still one kid he needed to get, Freddy who he didn't see. But Freddy saw Batman from way up in the air. Freddy was up on one of the giant diamond platforms. And he was about to push the giant diamond on the Batman. But luckily Jason came in a few minutes after Batman was under the platform and Jason said", Batman look out!". Batman jumped out of the way. Then Freddy jumped down to a way lower platform to fight Jason. But Jason totally mocked the floor with Freddy. When Batman and Jason got out of the museum Batman asked Jason ", how did you get in to the museum". ", Same as you, throw the roof" Jason said. ", Why didn't you call the police", Batman asked. ", Wheres the fun in that" Jason said. Then Batman took Jason to the bat-mobile and let Jason ride in it. ", You know, if you turn me over to the social workers, well...the chances of a kid my age findin a decent home are slim..." Jason said. And Batman ended up saying", don't bet on it... Robin". DON'T FAIL TO SEE IF JASON TODD SUCCEEDS IN HIS FIRST MISSION AS ROBIN!!! UNTIL NEXT TIME...
A long time ago there was a circus. It was called the Haly Circus. Tragic things happened that night when a young boy's parents fell from the trapeze. The young boy was put under the wing of a man and a butler. The young boy had to settle down because of a terrible fact about the man. The man was a terrible monster that stoked the night in this city. And one night the boy joined the mans crusade and became his partner in crime. But in 1981 it was all over. And the crusader and the boy departed. And the age of a new Robin was a day ahead. The end of Dick Grayson the first Boy Wonder!! One night Batman and Robin were running after Joker, one of their best criminals. Robin was about to punch Joker. But when he was about to do it Joker rapped a rope around Robin's ankle and shot him in the shoulder when Batman wasn't looking. R
obin almost fell off the building, but Batman got him before he hit the ground. Then Batman had just got Joker and dropped him off at Arkham Asylum. Dick had almost broke all the bones in his body. After they got back to the manor the dead Robin thing was all over the papers. Dick really got on himself about what he could have don . Bruce really got on Dick for what he did. And after that it was all over and Dick found his new destiny, to become Nightwing. And it was settled, Dick was out of Bruce's world. But Bruce and Dick were still the best of friends, in fact after the talk Bruce gave Dick some good advise on becoming your destiny. After that Bruce turned into Batman and went over to the police station to see Gorden. When he came went thr
ow the window as always him and Gorden started talking. The first thing that Gorden said was", is Robin dead". And him and Batman went on and on about it. Batman said that Robin wasn't literally dead but to all intents and purposes he was. Batman and Gorden talk for at least 15 more minutes and then Batman went back out the window. The next day Bruce remembered that he had a brunch date with Viki Vale that noon so he had to get ready. When he got to the place Viki was already there and had her food. Viki said she wanted him to help her to chair the committee of concerned citizens against the Batman. And Bruce disagreed with Viki. When they got up they walked throw one of the parts of Gotham. While Viki was still talking Bruce saw some people stealing a persons wallet with the person not knowing. Bruce went up to the guy that got his wallet taken and said [ sir, would you mind checking for your wallet?] and the man replied [ what is th-- hey ! My wallets gone! how did you--]. Then Bruce started running after the guys who took the mans wallet. When he tried to fight he remembered that if he fights to good people will know his secret. So Bruce ended up losing the fight. After that Viki Vale came right up to him and said that it was foolish of him to get involved but she loved him for it.But Bruce still got the wallet and returned it to the man. The date thing was over for the after noon and now Bruce had something he had to do, as the Batman!! That day was the day that Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered. And that is the reason it's called crime alley. So every time this day comes around Batman goes to crime alley and walks all over it. But this time after he was in front where all the people were he went deep into crime alley where he found Ma,Gunns school for boys, one of the best and most known schools in crime alley. Batman and Ms. Gunn had a long talk and Batman had been hearing a lot of good things about Ma Gunn. When he had got back to the bile that night he did something he would have never done before. Batman had started laughing, because the tiers from the bile were
gone. Then a 14 year old boy came back and saw Batman. ", I see you've came back to finish the job" said Batman. Then the Batman ask the kid if he would give him the tires back. Then the kid got rebellious and said", who says". Then Batman saw that the boy had a crowbar and said ", whats with the crowbar, kid". Then the kid said", this" and hit Batman in the stomach with his crowbar. Batman let the kid run so he could see where he hides at. Batman had found the kids home, it was a an abandon building that was filled with posters and graffiti. When Batman found the kids room the kid was smoking. Batman told the kid that smoking would stop his growth. The kid was really pissed off that Batman kept on bothering him so he said ", take your stupid tires and get out of my room". But Batman got the kid to come and put the tires back to the bile. While the kid was putting the tires back on he told Batman his story and his name. And his name was Jason Todd. Jason told Batman that his mother was diagnosed with cancer and he tried to take care of her as much as he could. Then Batman ask him about school and Jason said [i graduated a long time ago-- from the streets of crime alley]. Then Batman thote about a real school for Jason and remembered Ma, Gunns school for boys. Then Batman and Jason had a talked about real school. And then Batman told Jason that they would make a deal that he would have to go to school even if he didn't want to. So Batman took Jason to Ma, Gunn so he would be nice and smart. Then when they got there Jason waved good bye to Batman, and Batman waved good bye to Jason. But when Jason went inside there where a bunch of guys who started coming around Jason and Ma Gunn was smoking a sager. And Jason found out Ma Gunn was really bad!! UNTIL NEXT TIME...
