CCA did not let companies self-censor. ALL comic books that wanted to earn the code HAD to go through the CCA. CCA often employed pregnant women as their censors, and books regularly went back to the publishers for revisions.
In the 1990s, Marvel and DC did NOT split ownership of the major trademarks and characters. I'm sure each company wished it worked that way! But it does not. If a company shuts down, the remaining companies do not "split" the shuttered company's assets. In the 1990s, Marvel owned what it owned, and DC owned what it owned, and everybody else did, too. That statement about splitting trademarks and characters makes no sense. Trademarks and characters were never jointly owned.
You really need to correct these flaws in your history as the flaws lessen your argument.
CCA did not let companies self-censor. ALL comic books that wanted to earn the code HAD to go through the CCA. CCA often employed pregnant women as their censors, and books regularly went back to the publishers for revisions.
In the 1990s, Marvel and DC did NOT split ownership of the major trademarks and characters. I'm sure each company wished it worked that way! But it does not. If a company shuts down, the remaining companies do not "split" the shuttered company's assets. In the 1990s, Marvel owned what it owned, and DC owned what it owned, and everybody else did, too. That statement about splitting trademarks and characters makes no sense. Trademarks and characters were never jointly owned.
You really need to correct these flaws in your history as the flaws lessen your argument.