Marvel Rating System

The Marvel Rating System is a system for rating the content of comic books, with regard to appropriateness for different age groups. In 2001, Marvel Comics withdrew from the Comics Code Authority and established its own rating system for its publications.

The Marvel Rating System assigns each comic book one of the following ratings: *ALL AGES, for ages 8 and up *MARVEL PSR (Parental Supervision Recommended), for ages 12 and up; this rating was formerly known as PG *MARVEL PSR+ (Parental Supervision Recommended Plus), for ages 15 and up; this rating was formerly known as PG+ *PARENTAL ADVISORY/EXPLICIT CONTENT, for ages 18 and up; these comics are printed under Marvel s MAX (comics) imprint.

=History=

The first Marvel Rating System, implemented in 2001, used the following categories:

*ALL AGES *PG *PG+ *PARENTAL ADVISORY/EXPLICIT CONTENT

However, the Motion Picture Association of America complained, as it holds a trademark on such classifications as PG and PG-13 (see MPAA film rating system). Marvel thus switched to the following system:

*ALL AGES *PSR *PSR+ *PARENTAL ADVISORY/EXPLICIT CONTENT

Beginning in June 2005, Marvel switched to yet another system:

*ALL AGES *T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEEN AND UP *PARENTAL ADVISORY *MAX: EXPLICIT CONTENT

=External link=

*[http://www.marvel.com/catalog/ratings.htm Official ratings guide at Marvel.com]