In the 1950s, the United States Congress threatened the comic book industry with — you guessed it — government regulation if the industry did not clean up its act. What kinds of books were being published? Detective stories, romance stories, horror stories (perhaps you’ve seen Creep Show, based on the old E.C. Comics horror comics). This had to stop. It was corrupting the children, don’t you know! After the predictable moral outrage and theater for consumption by the gullible, er, Congressional "hearings," the industry caved in. Go pick up a copy of Green Lantern or Superman. You’ll note a literal … Continue reading Pulp Fiction