. "Dark Age" . . "Modern Age comics" . "speculators" . . "later years" . . . "comic boom" . . "\\\"gritty\\\" superheroes of the 1990s" . "modern" . "Modern" . . "Modern Age of Comic Books" . . "modern female version" . "Modern Age of Comic Books" . . . "Modern Age" . "modern comic book" . . "the current era of comics" . . . . "Modern ages of comics" . . . . . . "modern comics" . "\\\"grim and gritty\\\"-style" . . "Modern depictions" . "American comics of the 1990s" . "upcoming age" . "many independent publishers were establishing themselves in the West Coast" . . . "changing of the comic industry" . .