I guess the best way to decide when the Golden Age of comics began, you'd have to look at the introduction of the modern superhero. There had been a handful of masked vigilantes, but Superman lifting a car from the 1st issue of Action Comics, in 1938, brought a whole new mindset to comics. I think its interesting, because comics were not a superhero medium, or even an action genre based medium exclusively throughout its early beginnings. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, as well as Captain America, The Human Torch, and The Submariner brought a fresh and unique element to the industry. Nowadays when someone mentions comics, its almost impossible to not see images of Batman or The Avengers fly through your head. A sub-genre that dominates blockbuster films today, was given birth to, and nurtured by the comic book. People don't even refer to these films as Superhero movies, as much as Comic Book movies. Though it is a narrow perspective to only read Superhero stories, it is one of the most unique sub-genres out there, and its sudden gain in popularity can all be traced back to 1938 America.
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