“Uh, the first really big boom in comics started when DC brought out Superman and Batman.”
“DC? That’s a publisher, like EC?”
“Right. It stood for Detective Comics. That was one of their early books. They started their superheroes with Superman in Action Comics for June ’38 and Batman in Detective for May ’39. The boom lasted all through World War Two—the GI’s really loved comics, see. And the comics from that period are called Golden Age.”
Lindsey nodded.
“Maybe I could have another bite?” Patterson asked. Lindsey grimaced but he bought the kid an English muffin.
Patterson downed half of it with a gob of marmalade, sighed, and said, “After the war the boom fizzled out. Most of the superhero comics died out. For a while there the EC’s were the only bright spot, and then the censors ki
