Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code

by Amy Kiste Nyberg

Book Overview

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 children's culture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087805975X
• ISBN13: 9780878059751
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"