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Cover of the 1924 edition of Heidi featuring shepherd children in an idealized setting.

U.K. dust jacket of Dr. Frederic Wertham's highly influential study linking juvenile delinquency and comic book reading.

A clip from the 1988 film "Comic Book Confidential." The video features an interview with Dr. Fredric Wertham in which he condemns comics for corrupting children

Discusses ways an English teacher can incorporate comic books into their classes to encourage better reading habits in their students.

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

An excerpt from Comic Book confidential.

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

A mother's letter urging the ban of crime and mystery comics to the newly appointed head of the committee for the investigation of juvenile delinquency.

Discusses the results of a study examining the effects of reading comics on the behavior of children.

14-year-old Robert Merdian presents his counter-arguments to the claim that crime comics encourage delinquency.