Idk man, after what the CCA did to them EC boys, superheroes kinda saved it it seems. That said though grain of salt, my ass wasn't alive and checking newsstands in the late 50s, so if you know better I'll take your word for it.

Respect. I have a lot of things that'd upset some people to say about his abuse of some of his artists but the simple truth remains that if he wasn't the creative genius with the drive that he was, the medium would probably deader than disco.