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Forum Finds Comic Books Only Symptom, Not Disease: Four Experts on "I Want to Know" Program Call Parental Neglect More Influential Factor in Juvenile Delinquency -- Funny Book and Adventure "Preferred"
Report on a radio forum on comics and juvenile delinquency. Included a principal, psychiatrist, librarian, PTA member, and dean of the state teacher's college.
Forum Finds Good as Well as Bad in Comic Books
Features the opinions of two psychologists, and a policeman, who have been studying the effects of comic books on children.
Health Law Urged to Combat Comics
Wertham attempts to persuade the Joint Legislative Committe to Study Comics to recommend legislature focusing on banning comics for the sake of public health.
Hitler Would Be At Home Here
Claims that the blaming of juvenile delinquency on comic books is absurd. Miles notes that radio and film are far more likely to influence children to act violently.
Homer Price
Illustration from one of the Homer Price books, which depicts a group of boys in a malt shop/convenience store, looking at comic books.
Horror Comics Go Up In Flames
An image of Len Wynne, head of Vancouver's Junior Chamber of Commerce, throwing popular horror comics on to a public "pyre" in Vancouver.
Horror Comics Vanish From Library of Lords
Discusses how horror comics have gone missing in the Library of Lords in Britain.
Horror Comics: Parents Buy Most, Say Dealers
Discusses a meeting between six comic book dealers and 8 home and school associations, which took place in Oakville, regarding the sale of horror comic books.
Horror in the Nursery
Presents the first publication of Fredric Wertham's findings on comics.
House of Commons Debates - June 3rd, 1948
Fulton asks for revision of Juvenile Delinquents Act.