Golden Age of Comics Quotes

Superman was created in the late 1930s, and humankind's idea of what the future would be was very different.

People think I have an interest in comics, but I'm only interested in comics from the '40s, like 'Donald Duck' comics.

Al Plastino helped redefine Superman in the 1950s. His work on 'Superman's Girlfriend,' 'Lois Lane,' 'Adventure Comics' and pretty much any title in the Superman family will be fondly remembered for years to come. He will be missed.

Superman was my first comic back in the '50s; that was me under the bedspread with the flashlight reading comic books.

I started working with Timely in 1946. Stan Lee hired me.

I think that Curt Swan, when he did Superman for the longest time, became the definitive Superman artist, and everybody got it. That made him very, very special in the annals of comic books.

Trish "Patsy" Walker is just one of my favorite characters and she was a big comic character in the '40s.

One of the dominant styles of the decade following the Second World War was that of Dan Barry. He flourished in the years during which comic books were expanding into new categories - realistic adventure, true crime, romance, Western, sophisticated fantasy.

In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was still special.

Luckily for me, my father had impeccable taste. No contemporary collector was he. His treasure trove of comics included gems such as 'Little Lulu,' 'Frontline Combat' and 'Classics Illustrated.' But the works that stood head and shoulders above the rest were Carl Barks's 'Donald Duck' and 'Uncle Scrooge' comics from the 1940s through the 1960s.

I was hired to do as many Boy Commando, Newsboy Legion, and Sandman stories as I could.

In their heyday, comics were a dominant force in popular culture, but that's over.

One of my earliest jobs drawing was 'Wonder Woman: Our Worlds At War,' with Phil Jimenez, which was a really cool jaunt through her history. I got to draw this two-page spread that was set in the Golden Age.

We were just emerging from the Depression. Superman started in 1938. Batman started in 1939. So, we were just recovering.

I like the early comic book characters more than the new ones.