of "Sex perversion or any inference to same is forbidden", via its display of subtle or inferred sexual intimacy between its characters on its title page. This content, among other undesirable content, as cited by Frederic Wertham, landed many horror and crime based comic publishers in heavy controversy at the time, and lead to swift repercussions from both the government and the public, strangling sales and forcing publishers to cancel crime and horror type books, based on both reputation and local government mandates, as was the case in Oklahoma City, and Houston, which each placed bans on crime and horror comic books. In regards to Fantastic Comics, the controversy could potentially be said to have caused the title to cease in 1955, as its violations of the Authority's 1954 code, the reputation garnered of these type of genre titles by society and the government, and the strangling of sales due to all of the factors above, likely forced its publisher, Ajax-Farrell, to cancel the title in response, in order to salvage its image. Reprints Following its discontinuation in 1955, a number of stories from Fantastic Comics and its predecessor series Fantastic Fears, were reprinted over the years by other publishers such as Eerie Publications' in their series, Terror Tales, and IDW in their title, "Ghosts: Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics". Among them are the stories, "Gravestone for Gratis", which was reprinted in Terror Tales v1#7 (March 1969) from its debut in Fantastic Comics #11 (January/February 1955), "The Tiger's Paw", reprinted in Terror Tales v4 #4 (June 1972), from its debut in Fantastic Comics #11 (January/February 1955), "Fate Laughs At Clowns", which was reprinted in Terror Tales v3 #5 (September 1971), from its debut in Fantastic Comics #10 (November/December 1954), "Scream No More, My Lady", reprinted in Terror Tales v1 #10 (November 1969), from its debut in Fantastic Comics #10 (November/December 1954), and "If a Body Kill a Body", reprinted in "Ghosts: Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics" (2019), from its debut in Fantastic Fears #9 (September/October 1954). References External links Digital Comic Museum Fantastic Comics comic viewer, issue 11. Digital Comic Museum Fantastic Fears comic viewer, issues 2-9. The Grand Comic Database Information on Fantastic Comics, Fantastic Fears, etc. publications from Ajax-Farrell. Horror comics Science fiction comics Adventure comics War comics American comics titles