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A group of children take revenge against their cruel orphanage director when he refuses to get them a pumpkin for Halloween. The last panel of the comic actually features a child laughing maniacally as he holds up the man's severed, hallowed out…

A young girl reveals, at the end of the comic, that she has murdered her alcoholic father and framed her mother for his death.

Comic cover portraying a dead man considering the attendants at his funeral.

Presents court proceedings in which comic book publisher, William M. Gaines, defends the content of his comic books in front of senators who question his depiction of a severed head on the front of one of his books.

Discusses a study in which eighty children answered six questions regarding comic books and their reading habits in order to determine its effects on their behavior.

Comic cover portraying a giant robot surrounded by flames.

Comic cover featuring a woman frightened by a number of disembodied heads.

A review of Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent. Provides a brief synopsis of what Wertham was trying to accomplish in his writing.

Comic cover featuring a young couple outside a haunted house.

A teenage girl is possessed by the spirit of a dead girl.