What are Comics Books?

What are Comics Books?

by Alberto Apalategui

What are Comic Books?​

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What is one of the earliest forms or signs of comic books?​

What is considered the first official comic book?​

​Which character ushered The Golden Age of Comics?

What is sequential visual storytelling?​

What is a graphic novel?​

Who coined the term “graphic novel”?​

​Who made the term graphic novel famous?

​Who is Bill Finger?

What is the Modern Age of Comics?​

​Modern Age of Comics

​The Modern Age of Comic Books is a period in the history of American superhero comic books which began in 1986 and continues through the present day.

​What is one characteristic of the Modern Age of Comics?

​An alternative name for this period is the Dark Age of Comic Books, due to the popularity and artistic influence of titles with serious content, such as Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen^[