A Crisis of Innocence

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Southtown Economist April 25 1945 crop.jpg
Explains a recollection of the effects of crime comics on one 17-year-old boy.

Wanted Comics   JVJ #9 - Page 1.pdf
Story of a boy who becomes a juvenile delinquent. He is set on the 'right path' by Jay Jostyn.

Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers, pg. 57.jpg
WWII era comic that directly links the actions of American soldiers with the exploits of a gang of kid vigilantes. This single frame image was extracted from page 57 of the comic.

Invasion (Mister Mystery #3, pg. 12-16).pdf
A group of children work together to make way for a monster's invasion.

Inquiry Demands Purge of Comics crop.jpg
Senators state that it is not the government's job to deal with horror comics, but rather it is the duty of comic book publishers to clean up their work.

MisterMystery02 - Page 1.pdf
A boy befriends the spirit of a woman who drowned herself in the pond behind his house.

Crime and Punishment #1, pg. 4.jpg
Reader's forum page with a running theme of criminals revealing that reading Crime Does Not Pay showed them the error of their ways.

Journal Of Abnormal Social Psychology 1957.pdf
Explores the possibility of passive learning through films. the authors consider to what extent films influence one's behaviour and self-identification.

I Killed Mary, pg. 5.jpg
A shy teenage boy kills a popular teen girl to make people notice him.

Fulton Writing.pdf
Outlines a number of the concerns that Fulton has about the publication and sale of comic books to children. Fulton expresses his concerns for the long term effects of crime comics on children who are reading them.
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