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Atomic Age

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The 630 entries below represent all the public domain characters introduced during the Atomic Age (1945-1963), in stories set contemporaneously. This period saw many more stories set in eras before or after the Atomic Age, […]

Entry Atomic Age
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The 630 entries below represent all the public domain characters introduced during the Atomic Age (1945-1963), in stories set contemporaneously. This period saw many more stories set in eras before or after the Atomic Age, […]

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Belle Époque

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During the “Beautiful Era,” amateur detectives multiplied — Sherlock Holmes, Arsène Lupin, Nick Carter, Rouletabille, Father Brown, and Craig Kennedy — alongside occult investigators Carnacki, John Silence, and Sar Dubnotal. Criminal masterminds Fantômas, Fu Manchu, […]

Entry Belle Époque
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During the “Beautiful Era,” amateur detectives multiplied — Sherlock Holmes, Arsène Lupin, Nick Carter, Rouletabille, Father Brown, and Craig Kennedy — alongside occult investigators Carnacki, John Silence, and Sar Dubnotal. Criminal masterminds Fantômas, Fu Manchu, […]

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Belle Époque Era

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During the “Beautiful Era,” fantastic fiction flourished across Western Europe and North America. Newspaper comic strips proliferated, while Britain’s Penny Dreadfuls evolved through American dime novels into the first pulp magazines. In the era’s final […]

Entry Belle Époque Era
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During the “Beautiful Era,” fantastic fiction flourished across Western Europe and North America. Newspaper comic strips proliferated, while Britain’s Penny Dreadfuls evolved through American dime novels into the first pulp magazines. In the era’s final […]

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Bronze Age

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Category Bronze Age
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The Bronze Age is also called the Heroic Age, the era of the Trojan War, the Argonauts, and the Labors of Hercules. Adventurers Jason, Perseus, and Theseus confront Talos, Medusa, and the Minotaur. Gilgamesh fights […]

Entry Bronze Age
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The Bronze Age is also called the Heroic Age, the era of the Trojan War, the Argonauts, and the Labors of Hercules. Adventurers Jason, Perseus, and Theseus confront Talos, Medusa, and the Minotaur. Gilgamesh fights […]

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Classical Antiquity

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Category Classical Antiquity
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As literacy increased during this roughly 1,300 years, Greek and Roman culture shaped modern literature, philosophy, and art. While wars, Roman campaigns, and the subsequent sackings of Rome, reshaped political landscapes many times over, the […]

Entry Classical Antiquity
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As literacy increased during this roughly 1,300 years, Greek and Roman culture shaped modern literature, philosophy, and art. While wars, Roman campaigns, and the subsequent sackings of Rome, reshaped political landscapes many times over, the […]

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Counterculture

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The two characters below that represent the Counterculture era the best are Octobriana and Trashman, subversive products of underground presses in Russia and America. Most works from this era fall well after the current U.S. […]

Entry Counterculture
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The two characters below that represent the Counterculture era the best are Octobriana and Trashman, subversive products of underground presses in Russia and America. Most works from this era fall well after the current U.S. […]

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Counterculture Era

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Of the 35 characters below, the Counterculture era is best represented by Octobriana and Trashman, both subversive underground comix from Russia (or Prague) and San Francisco, respectively. Most works produced during this era were published […]

Entry Counterculture Era
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Of the 35 characters below, the Counterculture era is best represented by Octobriana and Trashman, both subversive underground comix from Russia (or Prague) and San Francisco, respectively. Most works produced during this era were published […]

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Enlightenment and Neoclassicism

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Category Enlightenment and Neoclassicism
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During the 18th century, French and American revolutions weakened monarchies and increased individual liberties. But in such serious times, serious literature was often paralleled with satire. While Defoe’s castaway Robinson Crusoe (1719) reproduced Enlightenment ideals […]

Entry Enlightenment and Neoclassicism
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During the 18th century, French and American revolutions weakened monarchies and increased individual liberties. But in such serious times, serious literature was often paralleled with satire. While Defoe’s castaway Robinson Crusoe (1719) reproduced Enlightenment ideals […]

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Enlightenment and Neoclassicism Eras

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Category Enlightenment and Neoclassicism Eras
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Out of the Scientific Revolution came the downfall of many long-held doctrines and much satire. Both the American Revolution of 1776 and the French Revolution of 1789 sought independence from monarchies, with the Declaration of […]

Entry Enlightenment and Neoclassicism Eras
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Out of the Scientific Revolution came the downfall of many long-held doctrines and much satire. Both the American Revolution of 1776 and the French Revolution of 1789 sought independence from monarchies, with the Declaration of […]

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Iron Age

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Category Iron Age
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Of the 3879 Eidolon Station entries, only 13 represent stories that take place during this transitional period. While figures like Telemachus, Nausicaa, and Demodocus continue the Heroic Age themes of warriors and gods, and Near […]

Entry Iron Age
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Of the 3879 Eidolon Station entries, only 13 represent stories that take place during this transitional period. While figures like Telemachus, Nausicaa, and Demodocus continue the Heroic Age themes of warriors and gods, and Near […]