Science fiction comics
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| This topic covers comics that fall under the Science fiction genre. | |
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Flash Gordon Dan Dare 2000 AD |
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Jack Kirby Jim Starlin Keith Giffen Moebius |
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| This type of comic can be broken down into: Biopunk comics Cyberpunk comics Military science fiction comics Post-apocalyptic comics Steampunk comics |
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Publication of science fiction comics became increasingly common during the early 1930s in newspapers published in the United States. They have since spread to many countries around the world, with the two largest publishers of this comic genre today being the United States and Japan.
The first science-fiction comic was the gag cartoon Mr. Skygack, from Mars by A.D. Condo, which debuted in newspapers in 1907. The first non-humorous science fiction comic strip, Buck Rogers, appeared in 1929, and was based on a story published that year in Amazing Stories. It was quickly followed by others in the genre, notably Flash Gordon, Brick Bradford, and the British strip Dan Dare. This influence spread to comic books, in which science fiction themes became increasingly more popular; one notable title was Planet Comics. With the introduction of Superman, the superhero genre was born, which often included science fiction elements.
In the 1950s, EC Comics had great success and popularity in publishing science fiction comics of increasing complexity. However, a wave of anti-comic feeling stirred-up among parents and educators by Dr. Fredric Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent threatened to drive them out of business. In spite of opposition, science fiction in comics continued in the U.S. through the 1960s with stories for children and teenagers, and began to return to the adult market again in the late 1960s with the wave of hippy underground comics.
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