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CLASSIC: The Rise and Fall of the Comics Code

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The comic book code restricted in such a way what you could portray, so that you could get broader distribution. What what's interesting is, as the distribution model changes, the code becomes less relevant. So by the time you get to 89 and they make this final change to the code, it's really on its itsa death bed. I mean, tinmtinge turtles was a parody and a sort of homage to super heroes, but ultimately it was a lot more violent and gritty than what we see now in the cartoons and movies of that property.

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