The Comics Code Authority - No Fun Allowed | Amazing Comics

In today's video, we talk about The Comics Code Authority, the decades-long bane of comic books!

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Comic Origins and Rising Hysteria
02:03 - Origin of EC Comics
03:20 - Rise and Fall of the ACMP
04:21 - Seduction of the Innocent
05:18 - Politicians Make Everything Worse
06:59 - The CMAA and Comics Code Are Formed
07:32 - Comics Code Rules and Enforcement
08:51 - EC Hit Hard
09:31 - EC's First Victory over the CCA
11:14 - Marv the Wandering Wolfman and the Code's Slight Softening
12:21 - Stan Lee vs the Comics Code
14:56 - Publishers Fold, New Distribution Bypasses the CCA
16:20 - DC Forces the Code to Loosen Further
17:38 - Marvel Has Enough
18:20 - The Comics Code's Slow Death
20:37 - Holly Munter Koening - The Mystery of the Code's Final Acting Administrator
21:32 - Silver Age, Silver Lining
24:56 - The Truth About the "No-Killing Rule"
28:24 - Batman's Silliness and Aunt Harriet
29:56 - Parallel: The ESRB
31:53 - California vs Gamers
32:55 - Stan Lee's Letter to Gamers
36:23 - The Supreme Court Ruling and its Consequences
38:08 - What Happened to EC and Bill Gaines?
40:12 - Conclusion
40:23 - Outro

Music Credits:

"Shades of Spring" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"I Knew a Guy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Night on the Docks - Sax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Past Sadness" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"At Launch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Lost Frontier" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Americana" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Hard Boiled" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Oppressive Gloom" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"On Hold for You" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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