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Dark Age Milestones

What was the Dark Age of Comic Books?

March 20, 2026October 14, 2025 by Sewer Mutant
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Dark Age Milestones Part 1 tldr; For purposes of this series I define the Dark Age of Comic Books as running from 1985 with the publication of Crisis on Infinite Earths # 8, the death of Barry Allen, to 2000 with the publication of Ultimate Spiderman # 1. But we’ll be looking at a number … Read more

Categories Comic Book History, Copper Age of Comic Books, Dark Age of Comic Books Tags Dark Age Milestones

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