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In a move sure to shake the comic industry to its very foundation, Dark Horse will be reprinting some pre-code classics in rebellious and affordable archival collections!

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Check out the info from Dark Horse on these collections of influential and (at the time) controversial comics that led to the creation of the Comics Code Authority, with essays by some of today's most renowned creators like Greg Rucka:

Dark Horse Comics Goes Pre-Code!

DARK HORSE PUBLISHES RARE & OUT-OF-PRINT ARCHIVES!

May 16, MILWAUKIE, OR—With a jaw-dropping selection of well-known titles, accurate color restoration, uncoated off-white paper, and an impressive roster of foreword writers, Dark Horse Archives is hitting another peak season this year with a lineup of pre-Code collections!

This heavy-hitting year will see more volumes in the Crime Does Not Pay Archives series, with engaging forewords from Greg Rucka and Howard Chaykin. Adventures into the Unknown Archives will feature a series of essays by Bruce Jones, focusing on the long-running horror anthology and the climate that led to the Comics Code Authority.

Historian Dan Nadel will provide enlightening introductions for Forbidden Worlds Archives—a true "grab bag" anthology where anything strange, fantastic, or horrific can happen—and writer/artist/historian Michael T. Gilbert will write a series of information-packed foreword pieces for Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil.

"The comics found in these collections are incredibly hard to find, expensive, and full of freewheeling, pre-Code fun (and sometimes viscera). It's a joy to be able to handle these comics and work on these collections—but a bigger joy comes from being able to bring these stories to new readers and to finally assign credits to some creators who have been uncredited for decades!" said Dark Horse editor Philip Simon.

The comics in these anthologies are seen as revered and influential—but they've been impossible to find. Now Dark Horse is making these gems available in affordable collections for discussion, dissection, and inspiration!

Adventures into the Unknown Archives Volume 1 is on sale May 30, 2012.

Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil Volume 1 is on sale June 27, 2012.

Crime Does Not Pay Archives Volume 2 is on sale July 11, 2012.

Forbidden Worlds Archives Volume 1 is on sale December 12, 2012.

About Dark Horse

Founded in1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent such as Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Brian Wood, Gerard Way, Felicia Day, Guillermo Del Toro and comics legends such as Will Eisner, Neal Adams, and Jim Steranko, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties such as The Mask, Ghost, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Its successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Mass Effect, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton's Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys, Serenity, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world's leading publishers of both creator-owned content and licensed comics material.

Source: Press Release
Written or Contributed by: Jude Terror


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[sdsichero]

In a move sure to shake the comic indutry to its very foundation,

indutry?

[Herald]

indutry?

Apparently, the "s" was part of its foundation.

[avengingtitan]

Does the CCA still exist? Marvel did away with it years ago and DC rarely has its mark on their books as far as I can remember.

[Stephen Day]

Does the CCA still exist? Marvel did away with it years ago and DC rarely has its mark on their books as far as I can remember.

No. there was an article about the fact that it doesn't exist anymore that was written by Moonbeam over at Newsarama in 2001, shortly after DC stopped using the comics code:

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/comics- ... 10124.html

Not only does the Comics Code Authority no longer appear to have any power, but it's questionable what the organization has been doing for the last year — even though publishers like DC and Archie were still using its approval stamp on their comic book covers.

On Thursday, DC Entertainment announced the publisher would no longer be using the Code logo on its comics, creating its own rating system instead. Then on Friday, Archie Comics announced it would discontinue use of the Code stamp in February.

But Newsarama hasn't been able to locate any evidence that the organization was functioning since 2009. And Archie Comics has indicated that it wasn't actually submitting comics for approval to the Comics Magazine Association of America, which oversaw the Code.

[e_galston]

No. there was an article about the fact that it doesn't exist anymore that was written by Moonbeam over at Newsarama in 2001, shortly after DC stopped using the comics code:

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/comics- ... 10124.html

So Moonbeam can predict the future??? if she wrote this article in 2001 she predicted the end of the CCA

[Eli Katz]

Gonna buy some of these fer sure. Love this kind of stuff. Good for DH for reprinting these gems.

[Punchy]

CRIME...does not pay.

Always cracks me up

[avengingtitan]

So Moonbeam can predict the future??? if she wrote this article in 2001 she predicted the end of the CCA

Yea because it was rare but I know DC was still putting the CCA seal on books as late as 2009.

[Stephen Day]

So Moonbeam can predict the future??? if she wrote this article in 2001 she predicted the end of the CCA

oops, that should have been 2011.

[avengingtitan]

oops, that should have been 2011.

Ahh okay that makes more sense.

[Victorian Squid]

I would like to own those as well.