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Rudolphe Töpffer creates the first known comic book, ""The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck".
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This year marks what experts believe is the Golden Age of comics where classics where made.
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Superman Home pageSuperman debuts in Action Comics #1
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Batman makes his debut in Detective Comics
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Brenda Starr publishes the first comic strip written by a woman.
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Archie ComicsArchie Comics is released. It is the longest running comic book series to date Click the link for more on Archie Comics:
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A Comic Code was created in order to ensure that comics maintained moral values and upheld certain genre expectations
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The Silver Surfer is released by Marvel Comics as the first work in graphic novel format
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The Watchmen is released by DC Comics as the first series of graphic novels
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The graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman wins the Pulitzer Prize
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Images
Adria Garcia April 19 2008
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adriagarcia/468540791/sizes/z/in/photostream/
Shane Becker Feb. 10 2008
Ted Ehlers April 14 2007
David Marriott Jr Feb. 6 2008
http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/comics.htm
August 3, 2007- watchmen picture
Sites:
http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/comics.htm
http://www.dereksantos.com/comicpage/comicpage.html
http://www.diamondbookshelf.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=20&s=164&ai=64513&ssd
