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More letters to the editor with responses to the newspaper's articles on comic books.

A teenage boy writes from within a jail cell that he was taught the black arts by a witch, and admits he killed a man while under her control.

Comic cover featuring two giant hands attacking a man in a rowboat.

A group of children work together to make way for a monster's invasion.

Freudian analysis of violence in reality and comic books by Fredric Wertham's research collaborator. Agrees with the idea that comics inspire children to violence.

Discusses the effects that horror comic books are having on not just children, but people of all ages.

Muhlen's review of The Seduction of the Innocent. He criticizes the effectiveness of Wertham's book as being a catalyst for change.

A radio session held by the Subcommittee to investiate Juvenile Delinquency and Comic Books.

This story is about a young boy who is the son of an acclaimed horror comics author. Young Johnnie befriends a rather odd looking boy who goes by the name of Willie. Johnnie's father is in a slump in with his work and feels that he is unable to…

Outlines the British bill to ban the sale of horror comics to children. Claims that children are highly impressionable, and that in reading comic books children can be corrupted.