Editing Comics Code Authority (section)

== Abandonment and legacy ==
The CCA rejected an issue of the Marvel Comics series ''[[X-Force]]'', requiring changes to be made in 2001. Instead, Marvel stopped submitting its comics to the CCA and subsequently established its own rating system.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Darowski |editor-first=Joseph J. |last1=Capitanio |first1=Adam |title=The Ages of the X-Men: Essays on the Children of the Atom in Changing Times |chapter=Race and Violence from the "Clear Line School": Bodies and the Celebrity Satire of ''X-Statix'' |date=13 August 2014 |publisher=McFarland & Company |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=9780786472192 |page=158 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yKHyAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA158}}</ref>

[[Bongo Comics]] discontinued using the Code without any announcements regarding its abandonment in 2010.<ref>Johnston, Rich. [http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/01/21/bongo-dropped-comics-code-a-year-ago-and-no-one-noticed/ "Bongo Dropped Comics Code A Year Ago – And No One Noticed"]. [[Bleeding Cool]]. January 21, 2011.</ref>

The CMAA, at some point in the 2000s, was managed by the trade-organization management firm the Kellen Company, which ceased its involvement in 2009. In 2010, some publishers, including Archie, placed the seal on their comics without submitting them to the CMAA. Archie Comics President Mike Pellerito said that the code did not affect his company the way that it did others as "we aren't about to start stuffing [[Women in refrigerators|bodies into refrigerators]]."<ref name=defunct/> DC Comics announced on January 20, 2011, that it would discontinue participation, adopting a rating system similar to Marvel's.<ref>[[Lee, Jim]]. [http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/01/20/from-the-co-publishers/ "From the Co-Publishers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122220026/http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/01/20/from-the-co-publishers/ |date=2011-01-22 }}, "The Source" (column), [[DC Comics]], January 20, 2011.</ref> The company noted that it submitted comics for approval through December 2010, but would not say to whom they were submitted.<ref name="defunct" /> A day later, [[Archie Comics]], the only other publisher still participating in the Code, announced it also was discontinuing it,<ref>{{cite web |last=Rogers |first=Vaneta |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/archie-drops-CCA-in-february-110121.html |title=Archie Dropping Comics Code Authority Seal in February |publisher=[[Newsarama.com]] |date=January 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125024419/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/archie-drops-CCA-in-february-110121.html |archive-date=January 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 21, 2011}}</ref> rendering the Code defunct.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gocomics.typepad.com/rcharvey/2011/02/comics-code-goes-defunct.html|author=[[Harvey, R.C.]]|publisher=Rants & Raves|via=GoComics|title=Comics Code Goes Defunct|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=February 23, 2011|access-date=August 29, 2022|archivedate=September 29, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929072506/http://gocomics.typepad.com/rcharvey/2011/02/comics-code-goes-defunct.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://techland.time.com/2011/01/24/r-i-p-the-comics-code-authority/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|title=R.I.P.: The Comics Code Authority|author=Wolk, Douglas|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=January 24, 2011|access-date=August 29, 2022|archivedate=March 18, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318151152/https://techland.time.com/2011/01/24/r-i-p-the-comics-code-authority/}}</ref>

The vast majority of advertisers had ceased making decisions on the basis of the CCA stamp over the past few years, according to a January 24, 2011 [[Newsarama]] report. Most new publishers to emerge during this time did not join the CCA, regardless of whether their content conformed to its standards.<ref name="defunct">{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=Vaneta |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/comics-code-authority-defunct-since-2009-110124.html |title=The Comics Code Authority – Defunct Since 2009?|work=[[Newsarama]]|date=January 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127190250/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/comics-code-authority-defunct-since-2009-110124.html |archive-date=January 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 25, 2011 }}</ref> The [[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund]] announced that it would acquire the  [[intellectual property right]]s to the Comics Code seal from the defunct CMAA on September 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cbldf.org/homepage/cbldf-receives-comics-code-authority-seal-of-approval/ |title=CBLDF Receives Comics Code Authority Seal of Approval|date=September 29, 2011|publisher=[[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund]] [[press release]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111115183646/http://cbldf.org/homepage/cbldf-receives-comics-code-authority-seal-of-approval/ | archive-date=November 15, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Comics Code seal can be seen among the [[production logo]]s in the opening shots of the 2018 superhero film ''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'',<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/all-spider-man-spider-verse-easter-eggs-revealed-1169124|title=A Definitive List of 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Easter Eggs|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|last=Gvozden|first=Dan|date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807035827/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/all-spider-man-spider-verse-easter-eggs-revealed-1169124|archive-date=August 7, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.devastudios.com/work/titles/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse/|title=Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse|date=20 December 2018 |publisher=Deva Studios|access-date=2019-10-15}}</ref> and its 2023 sequel, ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed |url=https://collider.com/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-easter-eggs/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=June 1, 2023|access-date=June 4, 2023|archive-date=June 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601202229/https://collider.com/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-easter-eggs/}}</ref> Binge Books announced that it had used the seal on the one-shot comic ''Heroes Union'', produced by [[Roger Stern]], [[Ron Frenz]], and [[Sal Buscema]] in May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Terror|first=Jude|date=2021-05-18|title=Comics Code Authority Returns for New Comic by Stern, Frenz, Buscema|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comics-code-authority-returns-for-new-comic-by-stern-frenz-buescema/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors|language=en}}</ref>