It refers to the "Golden Age of Comics", a time period between the 30s and 50s. Quoting Wikipedia:
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The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought of as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s or early 1950s. During this time, modern comic books were first published and enjoyed a surge of popularity; the archetype of the superhero was created and defined; and many of the most famous superheroes debuted, among them Superman, Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, and Captain Marvel. The period saw the arrival of the comic book as a mainstream art form, and the defining of the medium's artistic vocabulary and creative conventions by its first generation of writers, artists, and editors. |
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Use google to compare the Flash with "Golden Age Flash", or Green Lantern with "Golden Age Green Lantern", etc.
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Golden Age was all about Magic and Natural origin characters, with the Silver Age focusing more on Mutant and Science. Golden Age had lots of Nazis and gansters, Silver Age had lots of giant monsters and mad scientists/inventors.
Though some identify the classic tights look with the Silver Age, Superman and Batman both started in the Golden Age with tights. Though overall the Golden Age did have more of the suit-and-mask/pilot-with-cape/modified-normal-clothing looks, and the Silver Age made tights ubiquitous.
Golden Age heroes had little compunction about killing. Even Batman wielded a gun in these days (his hatred of guns is a recent addition to the character, one people like because it's feels very true for the character). The Silver Age was weighed down by the Comics Code Authority, but idea of heroes not killing was an improvement over the Golden Age, in my opinion.
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The whole "<blah> Age" metaphor for comics feels rather awkward to me. The only one that ever made any kind of sense to me was the Golden Age, and only because that era got its name the usual way: by being the formative period that is most fondly remembered and revered.
But all the other "ages" are just strained attempts to map to the "precious metals" metaphor, and for me it all just sounds rather silly (the non-conformity of the names "Victorian" and "Atomic" also shows how shakey the metaphor is as a whole, I think). "Silver Age" gets a pass from me because even though we don't generally see anything other than "golden age" used in other contexts (at least that I'm aware of), the era referred to as the Silver Age of comics is so important and vital in the history of the medium that it deserves a special name. Since it is generally agreed that it isn't as historically significant as the Golden Age that started it all, it naturally gets the next precious metal down on the list, Silver.
Beyond that, I don't think the subsequent ages really deserve special recognition. But scholars like to label everything they study this way, especially scholars of literary criticism-ish fields, so it isn't exactly a surprising development. Most fans, I think, have no use for any of the distinctions outside of Golden and Silver, which makes the others mostly of interest only to academics and collectors.
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I recently came accross the term "Golden Age Hero". Can anybody tell me what one is please? Got me interested now!