The comics code authority neutered American comics for 4 decades. It's only when its grip started faltering that American comics got interesting again. There a

The comics code authority neutered American comics for 4 decades. It's only when its grip started faltering that American comics got interesting again. There are basically no European comics from the silver age period that wouldn't violate the CCA code in some way. American comics were samey precisely because the formulaic stories they told were basically the only ones that were allowed.