A change was in the wind for the world of comic books in the mid-1950s. Under the shadows of "McCarthyism" and "The Second Red Scare," the Comics Code Authority was introduced c.1954-1955 to curtail the supposed loose morals and graphic violence in comic books, that were blasted as stepping stones to juvenile deliquency. Dishing out big helpings of "Truth, Justice, and the American Way," alien super-hero Superman thrived through the change, while many other titles were re-styled or outright cancelled.



Recall the dawn of this voluntary form of censorship with this 2/55 DC Superman #95 issue. This late Gold Age comic was the last pre-code issue for this ground-breaking title, which got the super-hero genre off the ground in 1938. CGC has rated this respectable example (5.0) with an "Off-White Pages" notation. Contributing creators are Bill Woolfolk and Alvin Schwartz stories, and Wayne Boring and Al Plastino art.

Opening Bid $100.