A Crisis of Innocence

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Action Taken to Control Distribution of Objectionable Comic Books.pdf
Briefly outlines the steps that different cities and counties took to ban or limit the sale of objectionable comics.

Are You a Red Dupe_ (EC Comics 1954).jpg
A satirical take on the comics crisis, linking attempts to curtail comics with Soviet communism.

As a Child Readeth - Rolseth.pdf
A high school teacher contests the idea that reading material influences a child's development.

Ban 25 Crime Comics Publishers Set Up Self Censor Bureau crop.jpg
Highlights 25 comic book titles that will be banned due to the lewd content being depicted in them.

Blame Comic Book crop.pdf
Two boys aged 11 and 13 shot a 63 year old farmer while reenacting a story from a comic book. The jury members for the murder case state that violent comics should be banned.

Great Bend Daily Tribune January 6 1955 crop.pdf
Discusses moral issues in Britain, including subjects of prostitution, homosexuality, pornography and obscene literature.

Cuero Record January 7 1955 crop.jpg
Looks at the British initiative to morally clean-up their country. There is also mention of the fact that there are attempts being made to ban the sale of horror comics in Britain.

Schultz - Censorship or Self Regulation.pdf
Schultz attributes the "mass hysteria" around comics to Wertham, and the rise of hysteria to the development of doubts about the harm of comics, and the concern over the threat to freedom of speech.

Bismarck Tribune March 3 1949.jpg
Discusses comic book censorship, and the fact that it is infringing on people's ability to read whatever they want.

comicscodeauthoritysetup.GIF
The caption reads: "Code Administrator Charles F. Murphy indicates how the comics magazine code operates. 'Delete distortion in face' resulted in a change. Mr. Murphy reported on progress under the industry's self-imposed rules."
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