Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code Cinefantastique Doug Wildey

Doug Wildey

the tale of the Gentleman Corpse moves beyond the simply bizarre (see Wormwood

Daniel Lopez Munoz

"A poignant tale echoing the plight of early European immigrants

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Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code Cinefantastique Doug WildeyFrom the publisher: For the past forty years the content of comic books has been governed by an industry self regulatory code adopted by publishers in 1954 in response to public and governmental pressure. This book examines why comic books were the subject of controversy, beginning with objections that surfaced shortly after the introduction of modern comic books in the mid 1930s, when parents and teachers accused comic books of contaminating