Again, I grew up in the 1970s, with the Comics Code very much a thing, and still had access to horror and war comics - but those ended by the 1980s, around the time I stopped being interested in the things (and about the time they started to cost more than a quarter or so.) The Code didn't kill them off, the comics companies did - or rather, something killed off Gold Key and Charleton, which had the bulk of the non-superhero stuff that you would see in corner stores and bagged in three-packs at the department stores (Sears, Zeller's, BiWay). I do not think the Code itself was to blame. Yeah, it got rid of the excesses of the Tales of the Crypt type stuff that my mom remembered (and even she admitted it was pretty gross, and she was permissive af when it came to reading material), but if the Code killed off horror and war comics, it took it 30 years or so to do it from what I can see.
In some cases, the story simply ended - The Unknown Soldier being a case there, I had its final issue. I guess I should have kept it. (iirc, he kills Hitler just before the Russians show up to the Bunker, but himself gets killed, leading to the final scene of the Unknown Soldier memorial or some shit.)
Again, I grew up in the 1970s, with the Comics Code very much a thing, and still had access to horror and war comics - but those ended by the 1980s, around the time I stopped being interested in the things (and about the time they started to cost more than a quarter or so.) The Code didn't kill them off, the comics companies did - or rather, something killed off Gold Key and Charleton, which had the bulk of the non-superhero stuff that you would see in corner stores and bagged in three-packs at the department stores (Sears, Zeller's, BiWay). I do not think the Code itself was to blame. Yeah, it got rid of the excesses of the Tales of the Crypt type stuff that my mom remembered (and even she admitted it was pretty gross, and she was permissive af when it came to reading material), but if the Code killed off horror and war comics, it took it 30 years or so to do it from what I can see.
In some cases, the story simply ended - The Unknown Soldier being a case there, I had its final issue. I guess I should have kept it. (iirc, he kills Hitler just before the Russians show up to the Bunker, but himself gets killed, leading to the final scene of the Unknown Soldier mrmorial or some shit.)
Again, I grew up in the 1970s, with the Comics Code very much a thing, and still had access to horror and war comics - but those ended by the 1980s, around the time I stopped being interested in the things (and about the time they started to cost more than a quarter or so.) The Code didn't kill them off, the comics companies did - or rather, something killed off Gold Key and Charleton, which had the bulk of the non-superhero stuff that you would see in corner stores and bagged in three-packs at the department stores (Sears, Zeller's, BiWay). I do not think the Code itself was to blame. Yeah, it got rid of the excesses of the Tales of the Crypt type stuff that my mom remembered (and even she admitted it was pretty gross, and she was permissive af when it came to reading material), but if the Code killed off horror and war comics, it took it 30 years or so to do it from what I can see.
In some cases, the story simply ended - The Unknown Soldier being a case there, I had its final issue. I guess I should have kept it. (iirc, he kills Hitler just before the Russians show up to the Bunker.)