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A National Disgrace
North incites parents and teachers to band together in the fight against comic books.
All Burnt Up! - Strange Suspense Stories #19
A gangster needs to lie low until heat from the police dies down. In the meantime, he stays with a woman and her son.
Assessing Menace Values: A 9th Grade Panel Considers Radio, TV, Comics
A 9th Grade panel discusses the merits and shortfalls of comic books. They list 10 points about comics, tv, and radio that could be helpful because they were conceived by young people.
Atomic Age: Or Comic Age?
Tonsor explains that educators and parents need to do more to counteract the bad influence of comic books and pulp magazines on their children. He provides various suggestions.
Australian Obscene Publications - April 14th, 1954
Discussions of morality and distribution. Comic books and other obscene periodicals are consistently viewed as serious threats to the morals of young people.
Borrowed Blood - Beware #6
Cited by Dr. Wertham in Seduction of the Innocent, Beware #6 features a story about gypsies taking the life of a doctor for killing their son with tainted blood. The child is depicted in a rather innocent fashion within the story.
Comic Book Culture
Meeting of the City Federation of Women's Clubs. Author urges parents to provide literature with a moral backbone for children.
Comics and Crime
The journalist speaks with children about why they read comic books, and what they think about the proposed ban on crime comics. Many of the children agree that banning the books would only make them more desirable.
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).
Comics' Perusal Up to Parents, Debaters Hold
Interviews with various people involved in education and publication regarding their opinions on comic books. Some hold the parents accountable for what their children read.