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Classic Crime & Horror Covers
Horror comics of the 1940s and early 1950s are often called 'pre-Code' horror in reference to the
Comics Code
Authority, a censoring board that was created in response to Dr.
Fredric Wertham's book
Seduction of the Innocent and the subsequent public outcry against crime and horror comics. Since violent, gory and lurid content were what made pre-Code horror comics great, the stifling effect of censorship resulted in bland comics that didn't sell. The horror comic market was dead, killed by the Code.
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