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Comic cover depicting a police officer shooting a thief.

From Time: "In Binghamton, N.Y., students of St. Patrick's parochial school collected 2,000 objectionable books in a house-to-house canvass, burned them in the school yard."

"John Chiangi and Lisa Drobnes add their comic book collection in the back of a pickup truck at Norwich, Conn., Feb. 26, 1955. The Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion has scheduled a burning of such books, inviting children to bring in 10 books…

An photograph of David Pace Wigransky who, at the age of fourteen, published a response to the work of Dr. Wertham in the July 24th issue of the Saturday Review of Literature (1948). Wigransky defended comic books, pointing to the many flaws in…

The caption reads: "Code Administrator Charles F. Murphy indicates how the comics magazine code operates. 'Delete distortion in face' resulted in a change. Mr. Murphy reported on progress under the industry's self-imposed rules."

Outlines the fact that horror comics seem to actually be geared towards children through the advertisements being used in them. The article also references some of the attempts at censorship that were taking place in England and Scotland at the time.…

A government sanctioned study and educational publication on juvenile delinquency. Notes an 17% increase in youth appearing before juvenile courts between 1948 and 1951.

Briefly outlines the steps that different cities and counties took to ban or limit the sale of objectionable comics.

Analyzes the various regulations that may be both desirable and constitutional for addressing the growing concerns about comics.

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