Martin Goodman

The Comics Code Seal of Approval, adopted on this day on 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America, is an instantly recognizable image to generations of comic readers. Its modest black-and-white brand adorned the covers of countless mainstream comic books for the better part of six decades, assuring buyers that the contents of their favorite title had met with some not-entirely-clear standards of suitability, and serving as a lingering reminder of an era when comics has been considered a serious threat to society.

Q: You mentioned "The Problem" in last week's column. So, what is "The Problem?" --@green2814 A: Last week, I dug in a little into the idea that even though they share prominent creators and have influenced each other back and forth over the course of the last 50 years, the DC and Marvel Universes have some fundamental differences in the way they're structured. One of the thing

The fact that Marvel Comics grew out of the entity called Timely is common knowledge among many comics fans, but what is often forgotten is the intermediary step Timely took to become the mighty Marvel, a little thing called Atlas Comics. After Marvel mastermind (and Stan Lee's uncle) Martin Goodman, sold the company in the late '60s, he revived the Atlas brand in the '70s as a distinctly new publ