A Crisis of Innocence

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A Peanuts comic strip from June 22, 1952, depicting Charlie Brown browsing a comic book rack.

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Comic cover indicted by the Southtown Economist as too violent and sexualized.

A follow-up article for Kravsow's series. Schereschewsky dismisses censorship as a solution, instead providing advice for how parents can prevent their children from reading comic books.

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A short comic that suggests a coincidence could lead to a much better life.

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Utilizes statistics to argue that children are becoming more violent. Saunders claims that: when a parent hands their child a crime comic, they are allowing them to do as they see in the story.

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Comic cover depicting a zombie holding an unconscious woman in a graveyard.

Black Magic   v2n12   Prize #18 (1952) - Page 1.pdf
A South Pacific islander boy befriends a god/monster. When the villagers prevent him from meeting with the monster, it destroys their village and leaves the boy as the only survivor.

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Comic cover portraying a live skeleton returning home, as a man and woman look on in fright.

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A clip from the 1988 film "Comic Book Confidential." The video features an interview with Dr. Fredric Wertham in which he condemns comics for corrupting children

As a Child Readeth - Rolseth.pdf
A high school teacher contests the idea that reading material influences a child's development.
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