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Browse issues from the comic book series, cops, from dc comics. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Juvenile delinquency comic books hearings before the. Full text of juvenile delinquency comic books hearings before the subcommittee to investigate juvenile delinquency of the see other formats. These were televised hearings, consisting of a number of us senators calling up and questioning various people in the comic book industry. These are the 1954 senate subcommittee hearings into juvenile delinquency, with the special focus on comic books. With sales falling due to negative publicity, the industry adopted a comics code authority that issued seals of approval. The great comicbook scare and how it changed america, were unlike anything kids. Rather than impose government censorship, it recommended that the comic book industry set its own standards of good taste. Robert hendrickson was the chairman of the senate subcommittee during the period in which the committee held its comic book hearings, but the committee is often referred to as the kefauver committee, and when the 1954 elections returned control of congress to the democrats, kefauver was given the chairmanship of the juvenile delinquency subcommittee. New comic releases for august 9, 2017 major spoilers. Code of the comics magazine association of america, inc. The comics code authority cca was formed in 1954 by the comics magazine association of america as an alternative to government regulation.

The history of the comics code, university press of mississippi, isbn 087805975x. The comic book code 1954 comic books are successful almost from their inception in the early 1930s, but also subject to attack by critics for the low quality of the art and writing, and for the. The cca allowed the comic publishers to selfregulate the content of comic books in the united states. Alarmed by a dramatic rise in juvenile delinquency in the 1950s, congress explored the possible influence of crime, horror, and superhero comic books on youths behavior. Readcomiconline read comics online in high quality. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Full text of juvenile delinquency comic books hearings. Comicbook controversy is a cautionary tale nbc news. Juvenile delinquency comic books hearings before the united states senate committee on the judiciary, subcommittee to investigate juvenile delinquency in the u. I was wondering how long it would be before that got posted.