1897 to 1937 · Proto-comics and newspaper strips
Platinum Age
first appearances
The pre-superhero era. Newspaper strips (The Yellow Kid, Little Nemo, Krazy Kat) evolve into platinum-age comic books. The form is being invented in real time, and almost nothing on the newsstand looks like what comics will become.
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Key book The Yellow Kid (1897)
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