"Invasion" Before and After the Comics Code!

What happens when a scary pre-Comics Code story is reprinted with Code changes?

Edited version

We'll present the toned-down reprint first, then the original, scarier story, along with annotations...

Original version

 Note in the original version, both the wife and singer on tv show a lot more cleavage!

PAGE 2

Edited version

Original version

Again, more cleavage in the original version...

PAGE 3

Edited version

Original version

Oddly enough, the wife's cleavage is unchanged, but the look of terror in the last panel is toned down!

PAGE 4

Edited version

Original version

Panel four in the original version is much more gruesome than the edited version.
Note the dialogue balloon is unchanged, even though there's no actual weapons fire in the edited version!

PAGE 5

Edited version

 This last page is radically-different! Prepare yourself!

Original version

Wow!

The Comics Code-edited pages were from Race for the Moon #1 (1958)

The original story was from Witches' Tales #21 (1953)

As you can see, the Comics Code Authority insisted on some major redos, including most of the last page!

Whenever possible, we'll present examples of similar "reworking" of stories' pre and post-Comics Code versions!

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