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A high school teacher contests the idea that reading material influences a child's development.

Covers some small, education-related news items, and similar matters of interest. Comics receive considerable attention.

Schultz attributes the "mass hysteria" around comics to Wertham, and the rise of hysteria to the development of doubts about the harm of comics, and the concern over the threat to freedom of speech.

A review of Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent. Reference is made to the comic book trade being "evil."

Summarizes a variety of previously conducted studies to explore the potential pedagogical uses of comics.

Provides a quick summary of anti-comic laws enacted by various states in an attempt to curb the rise of juvenile delinquency.

Examines censorship through the lens of German censorship laws, and how they played a role in the Nazi take-over of the country in 1933.

Students from all levels of education are interviewed to determine why they were interested in comics.

Provides suggestions as to how high school English teachers can more effectively teach reading and writing skills to their students. Briefly discusses Wertham and comics books, but mentions that Wertham has been discredited by other academics.

Tonsor explains that educators and parents need to do more to counteract the bad influence of comic books and pulp magazines on their children. He provides various suggestions.