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Bobby Lobby: Comic Books Get Academic Okay
Asserts that comic books are not actually linked to juvenile delinquency at all. Additionally discusses the reading habits of boys and girls, as well as young men.
The Wild Spree of the Laughing Sadist - Crime Does Not Pay #57
Crime comic that depicts the criminal's violent childhood.
The Comics as a Social Force
Gruenberg argues that people often feared innovation in technological and mediums of expression, and cites this the reason for the criticism against comics.
The New Fun With Dick and Jane
Cover of one of the 'Dick and Jane' books, the protagonists of which became prototypically innocent children for many American readers.
Maggie Muggins
Story features Maggie in depictions of innocence, surrounded by animals and nature.
The Man in the Judge's Chair! - Black Magic #9
Comic shows the difference between two childhood friends in a gang. One has a change of heart and grows up to be the judge who sentences the other to death.
You Know Too Much! - Strange Suspense Stories #19
A serial killer ends up being killed by his psychiatrist. The psychiatrist determines that the man's desire to kill developed when he was a boy.
Horror Comics Vanish From Library of Lords
Discusses how horror comics have gone missing in the Library of Lords in Britain.
Through the Looking Glass - The Thing #17
Comic version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which features an evil, demonic Alice.