Spider-Man’s girlfriend Gwen Stacy was killed in a story arc later dubbed “The Night Gwen Stacy Died”, saying the era of “innocence” was ended by “the ‘snap’ heard round the comic book world the startling, sickening snap of bone that heralded the death of Gwen Stacy.”
Aftermath
The Silver Age of comic books was followed by the Bronze Age. The demarcation is not clearly defined, but there are a number of possibilities. Scott, of Comic Book Resources, lists several commonly cited touchstones, including changes in personnel and the publication of particular individual issues. Among the latter are Conan #1 (1970) and Green Lantern/Green Arrow #76 (April 1970), “often cited as the first books of the Bronze Age.” He also notes Jack Kirby’s move from Marvel to DC in 1970, and Superman editor Mort Weisinger’s retirement that same year. Another possible candidate is the return of horror comics, and the arrival of stories with self-consciously promoted social relevancy. Arnold T. Blumberg has argued that the shift was a gradual process that lasted from the late 1960s until 1973, ending with the death of Gwen Stacyn “event that many name as the single most memorable moving moment in collective fan recall”. He writes that there was a willingness by creators and publishers to tackle more mature themes, even if they “were filtered through the somewhat simplistic lens of the superhero”, thus bringing an end to “the light-hearted, carefree Silver Age”.
Alan Moore, who began the “neo-silver movement” with a 1986 Superman story
According to historian Peter Sanderson, the “neo-silver movement” that began in 1986 with Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? by Alan Moore and Curt Swan, was a backlash against the Bronze Age with a
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