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Outlines a bill in Pennsylvania, that 11 female members of commerce were hoping to have passed, that would see the publication and distribution of comics to those under the age of 18 as a criminal offence. In breaking this law the offender would be…

Cover depicting a man holding an axe and a woman's severed head. Defended by Bill Gaines at the senate subcommittee hearing.

Comic cover portraying a woman being led in chains by a skeleton.

Comic cover featuring a witch showing a woman a vision of a skull in her crystal ball.

Comic cover portraying a ghostly spirit turning a woman into a skeleton.

Comic cover indicted by the Southtown Economist as too violent and sexualized.

Comic cover featuring a woman frightened by a number of disembodied heads.

Comic cover portraying a skeleton judging a beauty pageant.

Comic cover featuring a woman startled by her monstrous appearance in a mirror.

Outlines a double murder that took place in Talladega, Alabama in which a man killed his wife and her friend. It is said in the article that the murderer read a crime comic book shortly before the murder.