Comics Code Authority

The Comics Code Authority was a response in the 1950s by the major comics publishers to the threat of Congressional action and oversight on the industry.

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To save itself, the comics business created its own censoring agency, the Comics Code Authority.

Douglas Wolk: How Comics Became Literature for Adults Douglas Wolk 2011

To save itself, the comics business created its own censoring agency, the Comics Code Authority.

Douglas Wolk: How Comics Became Literature for Adults Douglas Wolk 2011

Since I.W. reprints weren't subjected to the Comics Code Authority, this 1958 reprint has several images which definitely wouldn't have made it past the then-strictly enforced code.

Ka'a'nga in "The Deathmaker!" (I.W. Publishing;1958) Chuck Wells 2010

His work on his first hit book, Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD, took the wildly popular Bond secret-agent schtick and gave it a jazzy makeover, with outlandish plots, eye-popping visuals and even "adult themes" that had the Comics Code Authority demanding several panels in one landmark issue be redrawn.

Jonathan Ross meets Jim Steranko, his comic-book hero 2010

But Joe left me off the hook--he said "It's a good page, so we're going to let it go, but be aware if the Comics Code Authority comes back you're probably going to have to redraw it", but they let it pass.

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But Joe left me off the hook--he said "It's a good page, so we're going to let it go, but be aware if the Comics Code Authority comes back you're probably going to have to redraw it", but they let it pass.

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The Comics Code Authority was created in 1954 as part of the CMAA Comics Magazine Association of America in response to public concern over what was deemed inappropriate material in many comic books.

Seduction of the Innocent and the Comics Code Authority (Part I) Chuck Wells 2009

The Comics Code Authority was created in 1954 as part of the CMAA Comics Magazine Association of America in response to public concern over what was deemed inappropriate material in many comic books.

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As a lot of readers know, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing was first referred to as "Sophisticated Suspense" with issue #31, which was released without the Comics Code Authority stamp of approval.

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