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Kirby vs. Steranko! Silver Age Layout Wars!
by Chris Gavaler
When did the Silver Age of comics end and the Bronze Age begin? There’s no
definite year, but the 1973 “SNAP!” of Gwen Stacy’s too-perfect neck in Amazing
Spider-Man #121 is a contender. 1970 is a bigger year, with Jack Kirby’s move from
Marvel to DC, plus the start of Neal Adams and Dennis O’Neil’s Green Lantern /
Green Arrow. Steve Ditko left Marvel for Charlton in 1966, turning both Spider-Man
and Doctor Strange over to new artists for the first time. Marvel veteran Bill Everett
took on Doctor Strange with Strange Tales #147, but for me Strange Tales #154 is
the sea-changing Silver-to-Bronze moment. It’s the first episode of Nick Fury, Agent
of S.H.E.I.L.D. that the recently hired Jim Steranko wrote, penciled, and inked in
1967.
Like other artists Marvel hired in the 60s, Steranko imitated Jack Kirby, first
auditioning by inking two of his penciled layouts for a proto-S.H.E.I.L.D story, and
then by adopting the Kirby-defined Marvel house style. Gil Kane, who started
freelancing at Marvel in 1966, explained during a 1985 panel discussion at the Dallas
Fantasy Fair:
TEXT TRADUÏT:
Quan va acabar l'Edat de Plata dels còmics i va començar l'Edat de Bronze? No hi
ha un any precís, però el "SNAP!" del coll massa perfecte de Gwen Stacy al 1973 a
Amazing Spider-Man ( L’ncreíble home aranya) #121 és un aspirant. 1970 és un
any més gran, amb el trasllat de Jack Kirby de Marvel a DC, a més de l’inici de
Green Lantern / Green Arrow (Llanterna Verda / Fletxa Verda) de Neal Adams i
Dennis O'Neil. El 1966 Steve Ditko va deixar Marvel per Charlton, lliurant, per
primera vegada, tan a Spider-Man com a Doctor Strange a nous artistes. El veterà
de Marvel, Bill Everett, es va enfrontar a Doctor Strange amb Strange Tales #147,
però per a mi Strange Tales #154 és el moment de canvi definitiu de l’Edat de Plata
