User blog comment:Nausiated/The Comic Book Code Authority and its Effect of Westerns/@comment-1895174-20130811200925/@comment-1895174-20130821005644

I wasn't trying to say that superhero comics were neutered in any way by the code (even though, as you say, they were in some regards), but that comic book companies refocused their efforts on superheroes because what they could do was under so much scrutiny. The goofier adventures of Batman or Superman wouldn't be affected as much by the CCA as a gory horror comic or a Western with a lot of gunplay (both banned per the CCA's standards). Not that Westerns were immediately killed, but their day had passed. Sorry if I was unclear on that. But then a character like Jonah Hex comes around in 1977, and I don't know anymore.