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From: mt528@uiucuxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Golden Age of DC
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Date: Sun, 17-Feb-85 17:50:00 EST
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The "golden age" of comics is generally thought to extend from publication
 of Action #1 until publication of Showcase #4 (that being the start of
 the Silver Age), but that is more a time period than what you had in
 mind.
When in reference to "Crisis", Golden Age is probably referring to what
 is usually known as "Earth-2".
When the Silver Age reared its shiny head in the 60s, something had
 to explain why the new Flash was not the same as the "old" Flash.
 DC came up with the idea of "parallel universes" to explain this away,
 and ended up putting all the "old" heroes from the Golden Age into
 "Earth-2".  Now that stories have been encompassing characters from
 Earth-2 (heck, some are only for Earth-2, like Infinity Inc. and 
 All-Star Squadron), they are alternately called "Earth-2" characters
 or "Golden Age" characters, because of their origin.
Hence the term "Golden Age".