The Modern Age was roughly during the middle of the 1980's until present day today! The structure of this type of comic often looks more complex in its design and format style. the characters especially are used with a lot more edginess to them, and a lot of shading as well is used to deepen tones and quality of the picture/sketches. this type of comic book usage and age is also known as the Dark Age of comic books, such as Watchmen.

The Golden Age of comic books was during the 1930's to late 1940's. this mainstream art form was when many Main characters were designed and created. Mainstream simply mean a set way of a certain or particular setup of format. Also this sort of comic had a main focus, mainly on one important character with particular skills or specialties, then usually involving a smaller roll for a villain. some sort of main conflict with two character, for instance; Superman, bat man, and the Dc comics as well: they all were similar styles of comics.

The Bronze Age of comics; early 1970's- the middle of the 1980's. This age of comics began to enter its own use of style; although it still used an edgy method and bright colors, it started to enter its own form of darkness to the drawings. The bronze age kind of used similar features as the silver age and by following that age, it adopted its own styles and commandeered some of the silver age's formats as well! During this age you start to notice the comics undergoing some real world problems, and start mentioning a more sophisticated style of grammar.(desrtruct of superman)

The Silver Age: 1950-1970's. Included a lot of science fiction detail throughout each comic, and since following the golden age, it helped bring back the ages of comics and popularity. at one point comics were very slow, and unpopular, this age actually increased the interest in peoples desires to read graphic novels again. it was the first time authors brought self doubt to the characters abilities and thoughts. (FLASH) This time period the MAGIC was substituted with SCI-FI instead because it caught peoples attention more so than magic.