Silver Age Comic Book Trivia Contest. (5 of 6)
September 4, 2010 by admin
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This is part 5 of a 6 part series that we found on Youtube.
Here is what the filmmaker, Matthew Hawes of www.TheHappyShow.net had to say.
This is the PRO-FAN SILVER-AGE TRIVIA CONTEST at WizardWorld Chicago in 2006. The panel was hosted by COMICS BUYER’S GUIDE columnist, Craig Shutt (Mr. Silver-Age). The representative for the comics pros was Mark Waid, who answered questions via cell-phone, as he couldn’t make it to Chicago. A panel of comics fans competed against Waid on comics trivia from the Silver-Age of comic books. This is part five of six. Nearly the entire contest was filmed by me, but my camera ran out of juice before the final outcome. SPOILER! Mark Waid won. But, see if you get the answers correct, yourself. Filmed by Matthew Hawes www.TheHappyShow.net
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Silver Age Comic Book Trivia Contest. (3 of 6)
September 4, 2010 by admin
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This is the third part of the PRO-FAN SILVER-AGE TRIVIA CONTEST at WizardWorld Chicago in 2006. Mark Waid is the final winner. Craig Shutt from Comic Buyer’s Guide (Mr. Silver-Age) is the host. It was filmed by Matthew Hawes.
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Silver Age Comic Book Trivia Contest. (2 of 6)
September 4, 2010 by admin
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This is part two of six videos filmed in Chicago at Wizard World 2006. It is a trivia contest run by Craig Shutt focusing on the Silver Age of Comic Books. Mark Waid Wins. (Just a warning. You don’t get to see the end because the guy who was filming ran out of juice in his camera). By the way, Mark Waid is best known for his 8 year run on DC’s flash comic.
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Showing off Silver Age Green Lanterns.
September 4, 2010 by admin
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The following fan has been collecting for over 25 years. This is him showing off his Green Lantern collection. (At least his Silver Age Green Lanterns). Does anybody else out there have a cool collection to show off? Email us at info@silveragecomicbooks.org with a link to a youtube video and we might showcase your collection on our blog.
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My favorite time period of comics is Silver
July 28, 2010 by admin
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| The Silver Age of Superman: The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (Golden Age of Superman) |
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Which company – DC or Marvel – printed better Silver Age Comic Books?
July 27, 2010 by admin
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| The X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1 |
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Marvel came later to the game – and published fewer comics – but some feel that they had much richer stories. The reason is that their characters weren’t “perfect” like DC’s characters. They were flawed and had to overcome self doubt to avenge their foe.
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What is the difference between Earth-One and Earth-Two?
July 27, 2010 by admin
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From 1955 to the mid 1960s, DC comics released brand new versions of superheroes that had already existed. (A new “Flash”, a new “Green Lantern”, etc. To differentiate the two types of superheroes, they created two earths. Characters that first appeared in comics before the Silver Age of Comics lived on an earth called Earth-Two. Characters that were created in the 1950s and 1960s lived on Earth-one. These two earths existed in the same time/space but were separated by a vibrational field. There were ways to cross that field, but generally residents of the two earths didn’t know that each other existed.
Eventually more earths were created, with more characters. It got so that it was confusing for both writers and fans to understand the continuity. So DC published “Crisis on Infinite Earths” which destroyed all the infinite earths and created just one earth.