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Army to Limit Sales of Comics: Line of Decency' to Be Drawn at Posts -- Publishers Now Explain Screening Plan
Discusses the Army putting a stop to crime comics with their troops. Also talks about 1/3 of all comics being crime comics in 1948.
Comics and Television
Deals with the child's interest in Television as a new medium for storytelling. Discusses the shift from comics (not approved by parents) to TV (a generally approved medium).
Security Through Book Burning
Discusses the anxiety that brings about book burnings. Bolte concludes that book burnings are not helpful, and prevent initiating conversation about complex topics.
Our Children: Parents Well Advised to Censor Publications
Discusses the need to burn comics since they should not be in the hands of children.
Breed Juvenile Crime
A review of Wertham's article "The Comics...Very Funny!" Some of Wertham's main points are restated, and the reviewer mentions a recent comic book burning in Chicago.
Burning of Comic Books Avoided
Short newspaper clipping about how a Comic Book burning was averted in favour of donating the comic books to the Salvation Army as scrap paper.
Catholic Students Burn Up Comic Books
Discusses the burning of 2000 comic books, as ordered by the Bishop of the Albany Catholic Diocese
Children to Net Good Books From Fire of Crime Comics
Discusses a book burning that took place in Vancouver, in which the children received classic books in return for burning up their crime and horror comics.
Comic Criminals to Burn
Reports a New Jersey comic book burning, for which local Cub Scouts collected horror comics to be burned. A portable incinerator will be brought in to do the burning.
Criticize B.C. Plan: Doubt Toronto to Burn Crime, Horror Comics
Claims that the burning of comic books could actually make children more inclined to read the very books that are being burned.