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Anti-Comics Drive Reported Waning: 'Love' Type Found Replacing 'Crime' - Medium Gains as Educational Aid
Loeb makes the claim that the 'crime' genre of comic books is finally giving way to 'love' books instead.
Action By an Aroused Public Helping to Stamp Out Crime, Horror 'Comic' Books
Presents a number of initiatives that were being taken to keep crime and horror comics out of the hands of children.
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.
Review: Crime Comics and Juvenile Delinquency
A review of Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent. Reference is made to the comic book trade being "evil."
Censorship or Self Regulation?
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.
Regulation of Comic Books
Analyzes the various regulations that may be both desirable and constitutional for addressing the growing concerns about comics.
The Content of Current Comic Magazines
A study set out to determine whether or not the content of comic books is indeed overwhelmingly focused on depictions of crime and horror. Ultimately suggests that this criticism is not valid.
Constitutional Law: Freedom of Expression: Constitutionality of Local Ordinance Prohibiting Distribution and Sale of "Crime Comic" Books
Discusses whether or not comics have constitutional protection. The vagueness in criteria for determining what qualifies as a danger to society is noted.
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.
Action Taken to Control Distribution of Objectionable Comic Books
Briefly outlines the steps that different cities and counties took to ban or limit the sale of objectionable comics.