A copy of The Walking Dead #1, CGC 9.9, sold on E-bay for $10,100. Another CGC 9.9 copy sold the same day for $9,800. In 2011 a copy sold for $1,000 highlighting what the popularity of the AMC tv show has done for this series. The CGC Census currently lists 10 total copies in 9.9 […]
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Archive for November, 2012
The Comics Code Authority – A Brief History
A recent post about the link between comic books and juvenile delinquency prompted some discussion about the Comics Code Authority or CCA. The Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA) began in September 1954 in response to the uproar over the subject matter in comic books. Much of this was a result of the Congressional hearings […]
Read More...Those Evil Comic Books! 1955 TV Show – Comics and Juvenile Delinquency
By admin on Sunday, November 11th, 2012 | 21 Comments
I stumbled upon this video, aired on October 9, 1955 in LA, about the impact of comic books on youth. This was all part of the Frederic Wertham “Seduction of the Innocent” scare and subsequent hearings. At about 5:30 into the video the reporter talks about finding and destroying all the warehoused comic books since […]
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