Comic books have been a staple of American pop culture for the better part of 90 years. Superhero franchises now dominate the box office, and graphic novels can win the Pulitzer Prize. In the 1950s, the United States freaked out big time over comics books. There were Senate hearings and comic book burnings. In the end, careers were ruined, companies went out of business, and comics fell under a strict censorship regime for decades. At the center of all this were two very different men — EC Comics publisher Bill Gaines and psychologist Fredric Wertham.
I heard about it in so many lectures about comic books I went to. It's crazy to believe. It almost killed the comic book industry and created the rediculess comic code authority.