A Crisis of Innocence

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A radio session held by the Subcommittee to investiate Juvenile Delinquency and Comic Books.

my daddy should have listened_convertedfromdocx.pdf
This story is about a young boy who is the son of an acclaimed horror comics author. Young Johnnie befriends a rather odd looking boy who goes by the name of Willie. Johnnie's father is in a slump in with his work and feels that he is unable to…

Britain Plans Law to Curb Horror Comics crop.pdf
Outlines the British bill to ban the sale of horror comics to children. Claims that children are highly impressionable, and that in reading comic books children can be corrupted.

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Comic cover depicting a man ringing a bell with a severed head inside.

tag...you're it_converted.pdf
A town is terrorized by a vampire, and a husband and wife begin to suspect that the other has been turned. It is revealed that their young son is the vampire.

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A report by Paul Coates for "Confidential File" in 1955, regarding the relationship between juvenile delinquency
and comics, and formation of the Comics Code.

horrible herman_converted.pdf
A deformed child develops an advanced intellect and psychic powers, and comes to view other humans as "animals."

Ace Hand of Fate #22.jpg
Comic cover depicting the ghost of fate tempting a couple to travel into the future.

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Comic cover portraying a live skeleton returning home, as a man and woman look on in fright.

Better:Standard The Unseen #9.jpg
Comic cover depicting a zombie holding an unconscious woman in a graveyard.
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