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Crime, Horror Comic Book Cleanup Demanded by Delinquency Probers: Senators Hit Comic Books
Discusses the Senate Juvenile Delinquency Subcommitee's worries about post-war crime comic books.
Junior Has a Craving
A mother investigates the reading habits of her eight year-old son.
Cover - Speed Comics #35
Comic cover indicted by the Southtown Economist as too violent and sexualized.
National P-TA Official Assails Horror Comics
Discuses comic censorship. Includes a statement from President Roosevelt insisting parents need to do all that they can in order to protect the innocence of children moving forward.
On Comic Books
Claims that comics have no merit because they do not instill a love for the English language, which is instilled by other forms of literature.
Cover - Voodoo #14
Comic cover portraying a skeleton judging a beauty pageant.
Horror Comics
Outlines the fact that horror comics seem to actually be geared towards children through the advertisements being used in them. The article also references some of the attempts at censorship that were taking place in England and Scotland at the time.…
States Act against Lewd Literature
Provides a quick summary of anti-comic laws enacted by various states in an attempt to curb the rise of juvenile delinquency.
Catholic Students Burn Up Comic Books
Discusses the burning of 2000 comic books, as ordered by the Bishop of the Albany Catholic Diocese
'Comic Books' - High-Powered Sex Appeal: Immature Minds are Victimized by Exaggerated Art
Features an ad for a television program that would be airing on WGN in which the 'comics' series being presented by the Southtown Economist would be discussed by pastor Dr. Preston Bradley. Additionally explores sex in crime comics and the way it…