This effectively led to the revision of the Comics Code.

The Comics Code backed down, and Gaines then printed the story without any changes.

With the mid-1950s slump in comic books that followed the Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency and the creation of the Comics Code.

The change enabled Mad to escape the strictures of the Comics Code.

As well, the switch removed Mad from the auspices of the Comics Code.

Also, the Comics Code was made in response.

These issues involved the rules regarding the development and portrayal of female characters that were in violation of the Comics Code.

The Comics Code is still in effect.

An early 1970s Spider-Man story led to the revision of the Comics Code.

Although there was no gore or violence, any mention of the living dead (specifically the use of the word "zombie") is forbidden by the Comics Code.