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The Modern Age of Comic Books is an informal
name for the period in the history of mainstream
American comic books generally considered to
last from the mid-1980s until present
day In this period, comic book characters
generally became darker and more psychologically
complex, creators became more well-known and
active in changing the industry, independent
comics flourished, and larger publishing houses
became more commercialized
In rough chronological order by the beginning of
the trend, some important developments
that occurred during the Modern Age were the Rise of independent publishers
and the return of the Fantasy, horror and
so called "sophisticated
suspense" with
titles such as Animal Man, Doom Patrol,
Hellblazer and Shade the
Changing Man ,
Books of Magic, The Dreaming, The Invisibles,
Lucifer and Sandman Mystery Theatre ,100 Bullets,
American Virgin, Fables, Y: The Last Man, and
American Splendor .
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