Comic Book Historians
Comic Book Historians
Presented by Alex Grand
The Silver Age Panel at San Diego Comic Con 2025: How Flash Saved the Comic Book Industry
44 minutes Posted Oct 1, 2025 at 11:00 am.
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In 1955, comic book companies were struggling to stay afloat after a rough five years of censorship, a changing readership, and the invention of television. During an editorial meeting at National Periodical Publications, somebody suggested bringing back the company’s superheroes. National settled on a redesign of an old character—The Flash—and the world would never be the same. This created Marvel Comics and the Marvel Age. Michael Lites, Bill Field, Alex Grand, Kevin Garcia, Flaming Carrot ...