“Sex perversion or any inference to same is strictly forbidden.”.“The treatment of love-romance stories shall emphasize the value of home and the sanctity of marriage.”.Violent love scenes, as well as sexual abnormalities are unacceptable.” “Illicit sex relations are neither to be hinted at or portrayed.And three rules dealt with how sex and love were to be portrayed: Unless it involved super-powers or impossible technology, you could not show how crimes were committed. Supernatural beings (except for sorcerers and magic-users who did not invoke the Devil) were banned. The Code had many rules on how characters could appear physically, how violence was to be handled and how authority and government figures could be portrayed. In response, the Comics Magazine Association of America formed as a new industry trade group, and created the Comics Code Authority. There was no ruling advocating government intervention or censorship, but the subcommittee report stated that the comic book industry needed to address how their stories could adversely affect the American public.
Soon after the publication of Seduction of the Innocent, Wertham spoke before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency and testified that comic books were a major cause of juvenile crimes.
