A Crisis of Innocence

Sex and Crime Featured in 'Comic' Books Sold in City: Syracuse Tour Reveals Variety of Spicy Tales: State Committee Issues Threat of Censorship

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Title

Sex and Crime Featured in 'Comic' Books Sold in City: Syracuse Tour Reveals Variety of Spicy Tales: State Committee Issues Threat of Censorship

Subject

Newspaper Articles

Description

Explores the New York State Joint Legislative Committee's attempts to censor crime and love comics in 1951. The image features a number of the popular comics of the time laid out on a table.

Creator

Berger, Dick (writer)

Publisher

Syracuse Post Standard

Date

13 May 1951

Rights

The Post-Standard

Format

PDF, JPG

Type

Newspaper Article

Bibliographic Citation

Berger, Dick. "Do You Know What Your Children Read." Syracuse Post Standard, 13 May 1951: 25. Web. 13 April 2014.

Files

Syracuse Post Standard May 13 1951 crop.jpg
Syracuse Post Standard May 13 1951 pg2 crop.jpg
Syracuse Post Standard May 13 1951.pdf
Syracuse Post Standard May 13 1951 pg2.pdf

Citation

Berger, Dick (writer), “Sex and Crime Featured in 'Comic' Books Sold in City: Syracuse Tour Reveals Variety of Spicy Tales: State Committee Issues Threat of Censorship,” A Crisis of Innocence, accessed December 21, 2024, http://crisisofinnocence.library.torontomu.ca/index.php/items/show/328.