{"id":132,"date":"2005-12-12T21:32:01","date_gmt":"2005-12-13T02:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=132"},"modified":"2017-05-04T21:14:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T02:14:29","slug":"golden-age-of-comic-books-december-12-2005-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2005\/12\/12\/golden-age-of-comic-books-december-12-2005-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Age of Comic Books – December 12, 2005 – #28"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this episode, we start by discussing the Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Juvenile Delinquency from 1954<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.  These hearings that took place over two days in 1954 explored crime, violence, sex and horror in comic books.  As a result of these hearings and the efforts of those like Fredric Wertham whose book Seduction of the Innocent<\/em> vilified comic books and their publishers, the industry created the Comic Code Authority.  The CCA resulted in the a complete change in comic books and the closing of many comic book publishers.<\/p>\n

We also talk about the great comedy magazines from EC Comics, Mad<\/em> and Panic<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.  Indeed, as a direct result of the CCA, Bill Gaines, Mad’s<\/em> publisher, stopped publishing Mad as a comic book and changed it to a magazine to avoid the CCA’s regulation.  Mad<\/em> was published as a comic book from issue #1 (October-November, 1952) until issue #23 (June, 1955).  Issue #24 launched Mad Magazine<\/em>, which went on to become one of the most popular comedy magazines ever published in the United States and is still published today.  Panic<\/em> was also a comedy magazine published by EC Comics.  It debuted with issue #1 (February-March, 1954) and ran for 12 issues until 1955.  Panic<\/em> #1 was actually discussed in the Senate Hearings in 1954.<\/p>\n

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Panic #1 (February-March 1954)<\/p><\/div>\n