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Many images in this book depict idealized childhood innocence. Most of the images feature children away from adults in what can be considered their most natural state.

Government document looking at the influence of gangster movies, detective stories, and radio thrillers on Juvenile Delinquency.

Similar to the 1943 government article "Understanding Juvenile Delinquency," this document shows the shift that took place between 1943-1954. There is a huge portion of this document dedicated to the effects of horror comics on children. Moreover,…

This story depicts a child with a long 3rd finger who becomes a murderous werewolf.

In this story a child is depicted in the first few pages. While the child later becomes the wolf-man it could be helpful to look at the image of the plump child as an image of a child in horror comics.

Cited by Dr. Wertham in Seduction of the Innocent, Beware #6 features a story about gypsies taking the life of a doctor for killing their son with tainted blood. The child is depicted in a rather innocent fashion within the story.

This story is about a man who is given a vial of liquid that allows him to have whatever he wants in the world. The catch is that when the vial is emptied the man will die. The man's young daughter eventually sneaks in and finds the vial, and smashes…

This is an advertisement that appears before the 1947 issue of Eerie #1. What is notable about this advertisement is that it is clearly geared towards boys in their very early teens, which is perhaps reflective of the gory and violent content of the…

This is a short comic that features a young boy in a crime comic. The boy is believed to have inherited a million dollars and as such he finds himself being bled by a group of thugs that is taking blood from rich people in town. Skipper (the boy) is…

There is an advertisement in this comic that illustrates the fact that even though this comic is filled with hyper-sexualized images as well violence and gore, it was geared towards children. The ad is for a mail-in-catalogue that features a number…