Bronze Age of Comic Books

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Bronze Age of Comic Books
The Amazing Spider-Man #122 (July 1973) featuring the deaths of the Green Goblin and Gwen Stacy Cover art by John Romita Sr.
Time span	1970 – 1985[1]
Related periods
Preceded by	Silver Age of Comic Books (1956–1970)
Followed by	Modern Age of Comic Books (1985–present)

The Bronze Age of Comic Books is an informal name for a period in the history of American superhero comic books, usually said to run from 1970 to 1985.^[1] It follows the Silver Age of Comic Books and is followed by the Modern Age of Comic Books.

The Bronze Age retained many of the conventions of the Silver Age, with traditional superhero titles remaining the mainstay of the industry. However, a return of darker plot elements and storylines more related to relevant social issues began to flourish during the period, prefiguring the later Modern Age of Comic Books.^{[citation needed]}