Almost immediately after their inception in the 1930's, Comic Books came under scrutiny and attack, mainly by educators, who were afraid that subject matter, superhero focus, and scantily clad characters would draw their student’s attention away from “true literature.” Fearing the Seduction of the Innocent, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency began hearings in 1954 and a regulatory code was established. Learn more about the History of the Comics Code and how it has influenced and altered comics as they were and as we know them.
North 225B Comics and Superheroes