Posted by TheMojoPin at 208.1.219.2 on November 06, 2001 at 17:11:18:
In Reply to: The Code posted by LeonardoLeonardo on November 06, 2001 at 16:26:33:
Seriously, it should be good for the industry. Marvel in years past lost a lot of people as readers as they got older because at heart their comics were aimed more for kids than anyone else. Now they can have titles that appeal to both kids and older fans, as well as those geared strictly for so-called "mature readers"...personally, I think they could streamline it a little more, set aside a title or two for the "big guns" (ie-Spider-Man, X-Men) meant for younger readers, and to start up something like the old Star Comics imprint that's geared strictly for the grade school readers...but overall, Quesada's really whipped the Bullpen back into shape...getting on the ball when it comes to trade paperbacks, taking chances with characters that actually make sense, attracting the best writers back to Marvel...the Code was an old, outdated format that smacked waaaaaay to much of a "Big Brother"-type censorship, and I'm glad to see it gone...
-TMP