The Golden Age was
a four-part prestige graphic novel series by star writer James Robinson,
published from 1993-1994 directly prior to Robinson’s seminal work on Starman. The series is a little hard to quantify in terms of genre,
the story takes place across several years and is more about the lives of its
large cast of characters and the shifting flow of history. There is a central binding arc
concerning a charismatic superhero turned politician and his plan to build an
atomic superman but for the most part that plot is actually very unobtrusive
for the bulk of the story.
Eventually, as things build to a head in the 4th installment
and the various threads of conspiracy and villain fray into focus the plot
becomes more focused and crystallized but for most of the series The Golden Age is just concerned with
examining the lives and struggles of its cast of retired superheroes from DC
Comics’ Golden Age.
