A Crisis of Innocence

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

North Adams Transcript, February 3 1949.jpg
Report on a radio forum on comics and juvenile delinquency. Included a principal, psychiatrist, librarian, PTA member, and dean of the state teacher's college.

Cedar Rapids Gazette October 17 1954.pdf
States that the public's reading tastes are changing as a result of newspaper coverage of the ongoing crisis. Some comic book publishers and distributors are choosing to self-censor, but this effort is not enough to protect children.

Comics Held No Factor crop.jpg
Utilizes surveys in order to determine that comic books were not actually linked to juvenile delinquency. Rather, poor home life is truly the root cause for delinquency.
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