Consumer Protection Act (Quebec) this (similarly to, say, the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 in the United Kingdom). In the 1960s, consumerism became prominent in the United States, after its industrialisation. Market economies flourished. The consumer movement was a response in Europe, and in Canada, to what was perceived as overwhelming market forces to the detriment of the consumer. In Quebec, the emergence of a consumerist movement cast a light on the absence of consumer protection laws, notably the lack of legal obligations for businesses: the law was "caveat emptor", let the buyer beware. But slowly, laws were introduced, culminating in the
Beware the Creeper series. Two months later. the first issue of "Beware the Creeper" was released with a cover date of June 1968. "Beware the Creeper" was cancelled after six issues, the victim, per columnist and artist Fred Hembeck, of "bean-counters [who] were a little quick to yank the rug out from underneath a new series during that particular stage of DC's history..." The storyline started in the six issues of "Beware the Creeper" would eventually be concluded seven years later in "Super-Team Family" #2, published in 1975. With no obvious connection to the original series (though with subtle ties to DC Universe