No more comics code at Marvel

As some may or may not have heard, Marvel has resigned as a member of the CCA (Comics Code Authority) board. The Editor in Chief at Marvel, Joe Quesada, siting the standards comic publishers must abide by have not come of age along with the medium having only been revised 4 times in the last quarter-century. The CCA stands to lose some $20000 in dues from the the publishing giants departure. Marvel has already designed it's own ratings system to replace the CCA stamp:


All Ages: These titles will carry no label and are
appropriate for readers of all ages. Titles such as Ultimate
Spider-Man, Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, and Ultimate
X-Men will fit in this category

MarvelPG: These titles are fine for most readers, but if
you're a parent you may want to read them with your
younger children. Titles you can expect in this category will
be Fantastic Four, Thor, New X-Men, Uncanny X-Men
and Amazing Spider-Man.

MarvelPG +: Recommended for our teen and adult
readers. In these titles you can generally find the violence
and language turned up a notch. Look for titles like
Punisher, Elektra, Marvel Knights: Double-Shot, and
Banner to carry this label.

Parental Advisory -- Explicit Content: These comics,
falling under the new MAX Comics banner, will be similar
in content to an R rated movie. Some harsh language,
intense violence, perhaps even some partial nudity. They
will not carry a Marvel logo on their covers, they will not
be sold on the newsstand, and they will not be marketed to
younger readers. Alias, Fury, and U.S. War Machine are
the first titles to carry this rating, with others in the works.

Marvel has also indicated that, once a title's rating has been
established, that will be a consistent rating; that is, readers
will not have to worry that Amazing Spider-Man will be
PG one issue, PG+ the next issue, and Parental Advisory
the third.


As if we needed another ratings system...