The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought as lasting from 1938 (with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1, published by DC Comics) until the mid-1950s (with the rise of gritty crime and horror related comics, such as those of EC) during which comic books enjoyed a surge of popularity, the archetype of the superhero was created and defined, and many of the most famous superheroes were presented.

Superman, the first comic book superhero, was so popular that superheroes soon dominated the pages of comic books. Between early 1939 and late 1941, DC and her sister company All-American Comics introduced such popular superheroes as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, the Atom, Hawkman, and Aquaman, while Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles that featured the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Some of the most popular comic books during this time were Flash Gordon, Dick Tracy and Tarzan. These comics set the stage for the development of genre in the comic book field with science fiction, mystery and jungle stories being the first to emerge. Most of the publications included Aliens and Flying Saucers of various formats, abductions and alien invasions, in their stories.

World War II had a significant impact, no less than 400 superheroes emerged from the pages of comic books. Comic books, particularly superhero comics, gained immense popularity during the war as cheap, portable, easily read tales of good triumphing over evil. Comic book companies showcased their heroes battling the Axis Powers; covers featuring a superhero punching Adolf Hitler (as seen in Captain America) or fighting buck-toothed Japanese soldiers have become icons of the age.

Although the creation of the superhero was the Golden Age's most significant contribution to pop culture, many other genres of comic book appeared on the newsstands side-by-side with Superman and Captain America. The Golden Age included many funny animal (it was the non-superhero characters of Dell Comics - most notably the licensed Walt Disney animated character comics – that outsold all the supermen of the day), western, and jungle comics. Dell comics, featuring such licensed movie and literary properties Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Roy Rogers, and Tarzan, boasted circulations of over a million copies a month, and Donald Duck writer/artist Carl Barks is considered one of the era's major talents. Another notable and enduring non-superhero property created during the Golden Age was the Archie Comics cast of teen-humor characters.

Common themes of Ufology are present in almost all the Golden Age Comic Books, including Archie Comics, as you can see in the videos UFO-Comics 1 and UFO-Comics 2, produced by the Brazilian researcher Paulo R. C. Barros.

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