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Vampires? Don't Make Me Laugh! - The Clutching Hand #1
As she grows up, a girl comes to realize that she is tainted by the disease of vampirism.
Underworld Crime #7
Cover of "Underworld Crime" issue 7, depicting two criminals threatening a bound woman.
To Supervise Sale of Comic Magazines: New Orleans Commission Council Frowns on Direct Censorship
Announces the establishment of a citizens committee to supervise comics sales and distribution in New Orleans. The committee attributes criminal behavior to parents rather than comic books.
The Comics War
Cavanagh proposes to investigate why children like comic books and whether or not they are legitimately harmful to them. He discusses aggression and phantasy, before moving on to psychodynamics.
The Closet! - Tomb of Terror #11
An aunt keeps her niece undernourished and trapped in a closet. The girl tricks her aunt into going into the closet and traps her there instead.
Encourage Good Reading Habits Best Way of Abolishing Comics Panel Discussion Decides Here: Sponsored by Women's Council
Looks to schools and parents as being the ones that must take control of a child's reading habits, so as to instill in them a want to read books over comics.
Crime Comic Book Gave Killer Ideas
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.
Cover - Web of Mystery #10
Comic cover featuring a woman startled by her monstrous appearance in a mirror.
Cover - Voodoo #14
Comic cover portraying a skeleton judging a beauty pageant.
Cover - Tomb of Terror #11
Comic cover featuring a woman frightened by a number of disembodied heads.