A Crisis of Innocence

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Announces that Entertaining Comics is dropping 5 of their popular crime and horror comic series due to a drop in sales brought on by the backlash of anti-comic organizations.

Albuquerque Tribune April 5 1957 crop.jpg
Outlines an initiative that has been taken by New Mexico public schools, in which children are encouraged to read books over comic books.

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Outlines an initiative in which children traded in 10 Comic Books to receive 1 classic novel. This article speaks to the great success of such an event.

Galveston Daily News November 12 1950 crop.jpg
Looks at a number of prominent scholars, psychologists and politicians as they weigh in on the content of comic books influencing juvenile delinquency.

Collier's Horror in the Nursery.pdf
Presents the first publication of Fredric Wertham's findings on comics.

Smith - Horror comics offer lessons.pdf
A list of positive things that come from horror comics.

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Cover of the 1924 edition of Heidi featuring shepherd children in an idealized setting.

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Outlines the fact that eight provinces backed a proposal made by Canadian Justice Minister Garson, which made it a criminal offence to produce or distribute crime comics.

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Discusses the Senate Juvenile Delinquency Subcommitee's worries about post-war crime comic books.

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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.
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