Comics Code controversy
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The Comics Code controversy was a mid-20th-century public and industry backlash against violent and horror-themed comic books that led to the creation of the restrictive Comics Code Authority and reshaped American comics publishing.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Comics Code controversy Context triple: [The Vault of Horror (EC Comics), associatedWith, Comics Code controversy]
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Iconoclast controversy
The Iconoclast controversy was an 8th–9th century Byzantine religious and political conflict over the veneration of icons that profoundly influenced Eastern Orthodox theology and imperial authority.
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Three Chapters controversy
The Three Chapters controversy was a 6th-century theological and political dispute in the Christian Church over the condemnation of certain writings and theologians associated with Nestorianism, which deeply divided Eastern and Western bishops and prompted imperial and conciliar intervention.
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Miller test for obscenity
The Miller test for obscenity is a three-part legal standard established by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 to determine whether speech or expression is legally obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment.
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Old Side–New Side controversy
The Old Side–New Side controversy was an 18th-century split within American Presbyterianism over revivalism and religious experience during the First Great Awakening.
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Two Penny Act controversy
The Two Penny Act controversy was a mid-18th-century dispute in colonial Virginia over clergy pay and royal authority that became an early flashpoint in tensions between local colonial interests and the British Crown.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Comics Code controversy Target entity description: The Comics Code controversy was a mid-20th-century public and industry backlash against violent and horror-themed comic books that led to the creation of the restrictive Comics Code Authority and reshaped American comics publishing.
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A.
Iconoclast controversy
The Iconoclast controversy was an 8th–9th century Byzantine religious and political conflict over the veneration of icons that profoundly influenced Eastern Orthodox theology and imperial authority.
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B.
Three Chapters controversy
The Three Chapters controversy was a 6th-century theological and political dispute in the Christian Church over the condemnation of certain writings and theologians associated with Nestorianism, which deeply divided Eastern and Western bishops and prompted imperial and conciliar intervention.
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C.
Miller test for obscenity
The Miller test for obscenity is a three-part legal standard established by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 to determine whether speech or expression is legally obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment.
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D.
Old Side–New Side controversy
The Old Side–New Side controversy was an 18th-century split within American Presbyterianism over revivalism and religious experience during the First Great Awakening.
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E.
Two Penny Act controversy
The Two Penny Act controversy was a mid-18th-century dispute in colonial Virginia over clergy pay and royal authority that became an early flashpoint in tensions between local colonial interests and the British Crown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Haunt of Fear (EC Comics)