A Crisis of Innocence

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Crime and Punishment #21, pg. 47.jpg
Published letters to the editor. Includes a letter from a Filipino reader.

Crime and Punishment #22, pg. 48.jpg
Published letters to the editor. Includes a letter from a member of a boys' club.

Crime Does Not Pay #62, pg. 31.jpg
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from a teacher and members of comic clubs.

Crime Does Not Pay #63, pg. 24.jpg
Published letters to the editor with short responses. Includes a letter from someone serving time in a juvenile correctional facility.

Tovatt, Jewtt, and Wolfe - This World of English.pdf
Provides suggestions as to how high school English teachers can more effectively teach reading and writing skills to their students. Briefly discusses Wertham and comics books, but mentions that Wertham has been discredited by other academics.

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A collection of some of the most well known issues of popular EC titles.

through the looking glass comic_convertedfromdocx.pdf
Comic version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which features an evil, demonic Alice.

Dark Mysteries #16 (1954) - Page 1.pdf
A father rises from the dead to defend his son from his cruel stepfather.

North Adams Transcript, February 3 1949.jpg
Announces the establishment of a citizens committee to supervise comics sales and distribution in New Orleans. The committee attributes criminal behavior to parents rather than comic books.

Portland Press Herald July 4 1948 crop.jpg
Explores the growing popularity of comic books among children. Emphasis is placed on the swapping of comic books, as well as their affordability, making them the number one form of children's literature in 1948.
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