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   Dave Dell on March 12, 2021 at 6:29 am

   She’s getting ready to go onstage at a local theater production of Gypsy. She can’t sing, she can’t act, she can’t dance but her other talents will suffice. Her sugar daddy got her the part.

   1950. Torchy Comics. I wonder if they were approved by the comic book authorities.

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   Rudolf vonLuchen on March 12, 2021 at 10:22 am

   Probably not. According to wikipedia:

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority

   The Comics Code Authority (CCA) was formed in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America as an alternative to government regulation. The CCA allowed the comic publishers to self-regulate the content of comic books in the United States. The code was voluntary; there was no law requiring its use, although some advertisers and retailers looked to it for reassurance. Some publishers including Dell, Western, and Classics Illustrated never used it. Its code, commonly called “the Comics Code”, lasted until the early 21st century. The CCA formation followed a series of Senate hearings and the publication of psychiatrist Fredric Wertham’s book Seduction of the Innocent.

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     Dave Dell on March 12, 2021 at 3:01 pm

     So Torchy Comics and it’s prurient interest brethren were, quite possibly, the reason for the Senate hearings.

     As a boomer I have to say I just love that post WWII era.

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       John on March 19, 2021 at 1:04 pm

       The Comics Code Authority was mostly about quashing the gory excesses of the horror comics of the time—most famously and perhaps most gory of which were those published by EC Comics.

       Unfortunately, the CCA went on to quash nearly everything that made comics interesting (including sexy artwork) for decades.

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   YellowGhia on March 12, 2021 at 12:40 pm

   I’m never going to get that image out of my head. Thank you!!!

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