A Crisis of Innocence

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Discusses a government decision to lift the ban on the importation of comic books from the United States. Outlines the anxieties present in censors about the amount of questionable comic book material that will soon be imported into Canada.

Crime Clinic  JVJon  fixed #3 - Page 1.pdf
A priest helps two young boys avoid getting pulled into a life of crime.

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Letters from readers to the editor praising the stories in Guns Against Gangsters.

Walla Walla Union Bulletin December 19 1946 crop.pdf
A 7 year-old boy was found in his bathtub reading a comic book while his house was on fire. While the firemen put out the fire, the boy stayed in the tub reading his comic.

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Outlines an apartment fire that took place in Hamilton. The children, who allegedly started the fire, claim that they were burning their comic books when the fire got out of hand.

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Report on a radio forum on comics and juvenile delinquency. Included a principal, psychiatrist, librarian, PTA member, and dean of the state teacher's college.

Forum Finds Good and Bad.pdf
Features the opinions of two psychologists, and a policeman, who have been studying the effects of comic books on children.

Penalty #37 - Page 1.pdf
Comic about a female criminal cited in a senate hearing.

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Letters page containing both a statement from the Editor and some contributions by readers.

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Fulton demands that the term "obscene" be better defined in legislation so that laws about the publication and distribution of such books can properly enforced.
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