Non-Code Comics

[Henry Musikar]

The first comic to be released in (semi-)violation of the comics code appeared as early as 1955, when William Gaines reprinted the story "Judgment Day" from Weird Fantasy #18 (1953) in Incredible Science Fiction #33 (Jan-Feb 1955). "Judgment Day" was a replacement for a Code-disapproved story, but was itself also "objected to" because of "the central character being black."

Gaines' story (illustrated by Joe Orlando) was "a strong allegory on the evils of race prejudice," which point was necessarily "nullified if the lead character" was not black. Gaines informed the Code Authority that "if they did not give that issue the Code Seal, he would see that the world found out why," causing the Authority to reverse its initial decision and allow the story to run. Soon after, however, facing the severe restrictions placed upon his comics by the CCA, and with his "New Direction" titles floundering, Gaines "quit comic book publishing to concentrate on MAD."

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority, inspired by Dave Monroe's use of the CCA Seal on Facebook

Henry Mu

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