The time between The Golden Age of Comic Books and The Silver Age of Comic Books. Superheroes were at their lowest ebb here; the end of World War II meant that people were tired of hearing about individuals fighting to save the world, and other genres of comic book took over -- horror, crime, Funny Animals, and so on. It is also sometimes referred to as the Atomic Age (because of the nuclear paranoia in the 1950's affecting comics). Opinions differ on whether it should be considered part of the Golden Age or whether it counts as a separate age.