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In Portage La Prairie, Manitoba the problem of crime comic books is discussed by the Local Council of Women. They decide that the only way to get rid of the threat is to replace it with something else.

States that in the year 1948 700,000,000 comics were sold. Goes on to present the comic book reading habits of a 14 year-old named David.

Presents a backlash to the bill passed in Canada in 1949 that put a number of sanctions on the distribution of horror and crime comic books.

Discusses story of 14 year-old Roy Adams who suffocated and performed an "unnatural sex act" on an 8-year-old girl. The altercation allegedly took place following an argument about ownership of a comic book.

An excerpt from Comic Book confidential.

Meeting of the City Federation of Women's Clubs. Author urges parents to provide literature with a moral backbone for children.

Discusses comic book censorship, and the fact that it is infringing on people's ability to read whatever they want.

Letters from readers with responses from the editor.

Text of the Comics Code, adopted by the Comics Magazine Association of America, which served as the basis for the industry's self-regulation.

Notes the move by E. D. Fulton to ban the production and sale of Crime comics in Canada. Flaherty explains that the two men who most approved of the bill were conservative clergymen.