A Crisis of Innocence

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Bloody Mary, pg. 10.tiff
Comic book story that depicts an innocent-looking young girl murdering people.

Witch's Horror, pg. 29.jpg
A landlord forces an old lady, her daughter, and granddaughter out into the cold night because they have failed to pay their rent.

charlie.png
A young boy has an "imaginary" friend named Charlie who resides in the study of his aunt and uncle's home.

Ajax-Farrell Strange Fantasy #5.jpg
Comic cover portraying a giant witch about to kill a woman.

Ajax-Farrell Haunted Thrills #18.jpg
Comic cover depicting a large hooded skeleton looming over a horse race track.

Haunted Thrills #12 (Farrell - Nov 1953).jpg
Comic cover featuring a witch showing a woman a vision of a skull in her crystal ball.

Medicine Hat Daily News January 14 1949 crop.jpg
Provides a number of statistics about the sale of comic books in Canada and Medicine Hat. Morever, Shiels speaks with individuals who are both for and against the sale of comic books.

This Magazine is Haunted #6 (Fawcett - Aug 1952).jpg
Comic cover featuring skeletal ghosts rising out of a graveyard.

Ghastly Terror.jpg
A book about EC comics and other companies publishing Horror comics.

Schultz - Censorship or Self Regulation.pdf
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.
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