Bargains in Modern Books for Boys and Girls
Comic Books
Advertisement and order form for novels directed at boys and girls.
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=21817
Parents' Magazine Press
1 February 1942
Public Domain, Digital Comic Museum
JPG
Comic Book
This Is Your Page: What's On Your Mind?
Comic Books
Published letters to the editor with short responses. Includes a letter from someone serving time in a juvenile correctional facility.
Unknown
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=8642
Lev Gleason Publications
1 May 1948
Biro, Charles (editor); Wood, Bob (editor)
Public Domain, Digital Comic Museum
JPG
Comic Book
This Is Your Page: Speak Up!
Comic Books
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from a high school student and a junior police officer.
Unknown
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=2417
Lev Gleason Publications
1 September 1949
Biro, Charles (editor); Wood, Bob (editor)
Public Domain, Digital Comic Museum
JPG
Comic Book
This Is Your Page: Speak Up!
Comic Books
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from young and old fans.
Unknown
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=19828
Lev Gleason Publications
1 June 1949
Biro, Charles (editor); Wood, Bob (editor)
Public Domain, Digital Comic Museum
JPG
Comic Book
This Is Your Page: Speak Up!
Comic Books
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from a school principal and a fourteen-year-old.
Unknown
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=19827
Lev Gleason Publications
1 November 1948
Biro, Charles (editor); Wood, Bob (editor)
Public Domain, Digital Comic Museum
JPG
Comic Book
Urge Parents to Make Better Choice of Children's Books
Newspaper Articles
Discusses a speech given by Miss Olive Flaherty, a professional reviewer of children's books. She claims that parents should encourage their children to read exciting travel books and mystery stories so as to foster a love for reading of "good" literature.
Unknown
Daily Herald
11 December 1942
Daily Herald
PDF, JPG
Newspaper Article
Students Burn Comic Books Launch Drive Prevent Sale
Newspaper Articles
Describes a group of 600 students burning over 2000 comic books while being led by a 13 year-old boy. The boy's speech is transcribed.
Unknown
Medicine Hat Daily News
27 October 1948
Medicine Hat News
PDF
Newspaper Article
Sharing Between the Shears
Newspaper Articles
Utilizes statistics to argue that children are becoming more violent. Saunders claims that: when a parent hands their child a crime comic, they are allowing them to do as they see in the story.
Saunders, Mae (writer)
Bakersfield Californian
11 March 1944
Bakersfield Californian
PDF, JPG
Newspaper Article
Scholars Hit Comic Book Myth
Newspaper Articles
Outlines a study that was done by graduate students. When asked, children reveal they are not as negatively impacted by comic book reading as was initially believed.
Unknown
Berkeley Daily Gazette
2 October 1947
PDF, JPG
Newspaper Article
Pupils Burn Comic Books: Auburn Parochial School has Bonfire of Crime-Sex Volumes
Newspaper Articles
A story about a mass burning of comic books that took place in Auburn New York. The burning took place following a talk that was held by a reverend that saw children wanting to get rid of their comics.
Unknown
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New York Times
23 December 1948
ProQuest
PDF, JPG
Newspaper Article