Comics Modern Age

The Modern Age of comic books starts from the year 1992. After it was Copper Age (1984-1991), which is mostly counted to Modern Age. Mid 1980s was the time of crossovers and tie-ins. Marvel Secret Wars, DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths and Invasion were big hit. It led to rise of collected editions, and trade paperbacks and hardcovers came very popular. Same story can be sold for readers many times!

New superheroes were born, and 1990s were the time of Gambit, Deadpool and Cable. Intercompany crossovers came more popular, and blowed in 1996. Batman adventured with Judge Dredd, WildC.A.T.s with X-Men and Witchblade with allmost everybody who used to walk at night or wears cape.
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Big events in Modern Age
1992: Art Spiegelman's Maus wins a Pulitzer Prize.
1992: Carnage appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #361.
1992: Image Comics is founded by Todd MacFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Jim Valentino, Marc Silvestri and Erik Larsen. Spawn starts.
1992: The Death of Superman in Superman #75.
1992: War Machine appears in Iron Man #282.
1993: DC launches Vertigo imprint, and starts to publish Sandman, Animal Man and the Doom Patrol.
1993: Hellboy by Mike Mignola appears in John Byrne's Next Men #21.
1994: Chaos! Comics starts Lady Death series.
1999: The Goon by Eric Powell appears in The Goon #1 by Avatar Press.
1999: Vertigo launches 100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso.
2000: Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware is published by Fantagraphics.
2001: Grant Morrison is hired to make New X-Men.
2002: The first Free Comic Book Day.
2005: Marvel Zombies appears in Ultimate Fantastic Four #21.
2006: Marvel Civil War starts, and sniper shots Captain America to death in 2007.
2006: DC starts 52.
2008: DC starts Final Crisis.
2008: Marvel starts Secret Invasion.

Remarkable artists and writers in Modern Age:
- Alex Ross (Kingdom Come, Marvels, Earth X)
- Brian Azzarello (Joker, 100 Bullets)
- Brian Michael Bendis (Powers, Daredevil, New Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man)
- Bill Willingham (Fables)
- Ed Brubaker (Sleeper, Catwoman, Uncanny X-Men, Immortal Iron Fist, Criminal)
- Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows, Shanna The She-Devil)
- Garth Ennis (Preacher, Hitman, Punisher)
- Jeph Loeb (Batman: Hush, Batman: The Long Halloween)
- Jae Lee (Stephen King's Dark Tower, Inhumans, Transformers: G.I.Joe)
- Jim Lee (WildC.A.T.s)
- John Romita, Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man, Eternals)
- Mark Millar (Wanted, Ultimates, Civil War, Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Superman: Red Son)
- Neil Gaiman (Coraline, NewerWhere, Sandman)
- Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, The Authority)