The Comics Code Authority was a body created as part of the Comics Magazine Association of America, as a tool for the comics-publishing industry to self-regulate the content of comic books in the United States. Member publishers submitted comic books to the CCA, which screened them for adherence to its Comics Code, and authorized the use of their seal on the cover if the books complied. At the height of its influence, it was a de facto censor for the U.S. comic book industry. Code is effectively defunct, as Archie Comic Publications, DC Comics and Bongo (the three remaining publishers that followed the Code) have all discontinued its use in favor of their own internal rating systems.
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