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連環漫畫在美國報紙和雜誌上出版已經超過100年了。連環漫畫由一幅幅相互關聯的圖框組成，表達幽默或講述一則故事，文字出現在對話框或標題中。
傳統上，許多美國報紙都會在其周日版中加入一個特別的彩色版塊，即「趣味報紙」展示受歡迎的連環漫畫。
在1920年代，連環漫畫開始不僅表達幽默，同時也講述冒險故事。到了1930年代，由連環漫畫匯成的第一批漫畫書成為美國流行文化的一部分。
許多人認為1930年代末到1950年代是美國漫畫的黃金時代 – 在這一時期，出版了一批現代漫畫書，並且創造出超級英雄的原型，其中包括許多家喻戶曉的名字，如超人、蝙蝠俠、馬維爾船長、美國隊長和神奇女俠。
偵探漫畫（ Detective Comics），即今天的DC漫畫（ DC Comics）和快捷漫畫（ Timely Comics）的前身，以及今天的漫威漫畫（ Marvel Comics）的前身，在1940年代以其描繪在第二次世界大戰中與軸心國作戰的超級英雄情節而廣受歡迎，戰後，超級英雄漫畫影響力下降，漫畫書分化出新的題材。但今天，出自黃金時代的許多超級英雄仍然為人們所津津樂道。
你最喜歡的黃金時代的超級英雄是哪一位？請於6月9日前向美國全國漫畫家協會的漫畫專家發帖提問。
#AmericanAnimation&Comics – The Golden Age of American Comic Books
Comic strips have been published with newspapers and magazines in America for over 100 years. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels used for humor or to tell a story, with text in balloons and captions. On Sundays, many American newspapers traditionally included a special color section knows as the 「funny papers」 for popular comic strips. In the 1920s, comic strips began to feature not only humor but also adventure stories, and in the 1930s the first comic books, which were a collection of comic strips, became part of American popular culture. Many consider the American comic books from the late 1930s to 1950s as the golden age – during this time modern comic books were published and the superhero archetype developed, including many well-known characters, Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel, Captain America and Wonder Woman. Detective Comics, the predecessor of today’s DC Comics, and Timely Comics, the predecessor of today’s Marvel Comics enjoyed wide popularity in the 1940s for their superheroes that battled the Axis powers of World War II. After the War, the popularity of superhero comics waned and comic books diversified into new genres. Yet today, many of the superheroes from the golden age are well-remembered. Who is your favorite superhero from the golden age? Remember to please post your questions for cartoon experts from the National Cartoonists Society before June 9th.