A Crisis of Innocence

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Comic Criminals to Burn.pdf
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.

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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.

Cause of Delinquency.pdf
Utilizes the research of two leading psychologists to disprove much of Wertham's arguments about the impact of horror and crime comics on children.

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Discusses the burning of 2000 comic books, as ordered by the Bishop of the Albany Catholic Diocese

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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.

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Advertisement and order form for novels directed at boys and girls.

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Advertisement and order form for novels directed at boys and girls.

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Highlights 25 comic book titles that will be banned due to the lewd content being depicted in them.

Australian Obscene Publications - April 21 1954.pdf
Continued debate over altering the Police Offences Bill. The House discusses specific clauses, and questions arise over what can be considered "artistic."

Australian Obscene Publications - April 14 1954.pdf
Discussions of morality and distribution. Comic books and other obscene periodicals are consistently viewed as serious threats to the morals of young people.
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