PI's 45th ANNIVERSARY -- The Lighter Side

But publishers bore the brunt of the criticism surrounding juvenile delinquency in the mid-'50s, with witch hunts very much in style, and blame for misguided youth was heaped upon such trashy tales. With a so-called ban agreed upon by publishers in general, all Gaines had left was a 10 cent humor comic called Mad. In 1955, it became Gaines' lone project.