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Bob Hughes:
I don't think a multiple age comics code would have been any more problematic than movie or video ratings or video game ratings.  And my grocery store when I was a kid always put the Playboys right next to the comics- which was cool because I could pretend to be looking at the comics and not where I wasn't supposed to be.

According to Newsarama the Code actually went out of existence a year ago- as the contract with Holly Munter's company expired at the end of 2009.  Publishers have apparently just been sticking the seal on the cover anyway for the past year. 

John C:

--- Quote from: Bob Hughes on January 26, 2011, 02:46:37 PM ---According to Newsarama the Code actually went out of existence a year ago- as the contract with Holly Munter's company expired at the end of 2009.  Publishers have apparently just been sticking the seal on the cover anyway for the past year. 

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That's hilarious, actually.  And probably a lawsuit waiting to happen.

(I'll be honest.  If I were a small-press publisher with extra money to throw around, it'd interest me greatly to get my hands on the seal copyright and related IP.  It's probably the only recognizable Ira Schnapp pieces that isn't strongly associated with some DC trademark, so it'd be a nifty thing to own, and there are plenty of people who I'm sure would like to nostalgically (or more likely ironically) put the seal on their book, so making it available would be a nice service.

bminor:
I have really enjoyed this site when it comes to the early history of Marvel comics.

http://www.thecomicbooks.com/nsp1-06.html

It covers the silver age of Marvel in four phases. The Early, Formative Years, The Years of Consolidate, The Grandiose Years, and finally The Twilight Years. I really enjoyed this site. They also have cover scans of just about ever Marvel comic book ever made!

This website has been put into book form, unfortunately they are not able to use the covers from Marvel in the book, copyright issues I suppose.

Hope you like the site!

Yours,
Brian M.

Yoc:
A little bit more on the end of the CCA and a question of what became of their archives which would be fascinating reading for comics historians.
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/01/27/so-now-who-owns-the-comics-codes-historical-archives/

Russ Maheras posted scans of 1950s-era Code material including retail stickers and the Code’s then-current tri-fold informational brochure here:
http://archives.tcj.com/messboard/viewtopic.php?p=105866&sid=cca0e6cd095dc089dedc8238a805188c

Fun stuff to see!

John C:
Seems like an odd situation to me.  Why would the CMAA ship all their materials to DC, essentially a former client?  Is it that they're considered "members" and DC's is the last membership to lapse, making them all that was left?

But more to the point, since it presumably has information on all content submitted, wouldn't it be illegal for someone to expose that to a private organization?  Presumably, the CMAA had some sort of contract with members regarding non-disclosure.  I can't imagine getting Marvel's buy-in, for example, unless you promise never to show anybody at another company what they're working on.

Yes, you could argue that it doesn't make a difference now, but a breach of contract is still a breach of contract that can get quite a few people into trouble, I would think.

Hopefully, we'll see how this all turns out, and it won't get brushed under the carpet by Time-Warner.

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