A Crisis of Innocence

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WhentheWolfMan.pdf
In this story a child is depicted in the first few pages. While the child later becomes the wolf-man it could be helpful to look at the image of the plump child as an image of a child in horror comics.

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Recalls a court case in which Dr. Fredric Wertham explains how he was able to purchase a whip from a comic book. He claims that teen-aged murderers were directly influenced by comic books.

Strang - Why Children Read the Comics.pdf
Students from all levels of education are interviewed to determine why they were interested in comics.

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Title page depicting a young boy and girl looking out of a window. There is a puppy sitting between the two children and an open book sitting next to them.

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Canadian School Reader, the cover of which portrays a typical scene of childhood innocence, with two children and a puppy peering out the window onto a natural scene.

Black Magic #14 - Page 1.pdf
The story of a teenage witch girl, who is able to predict the deaths of others.

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A landlord forces an old lady, her daughter, and granddaughter out into the cold night because they have failed to pay their rent.

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A man wants revenge on three of his former business partners. In wishing to have them killed he summons Satan.

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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.

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Discusses how comic book censorship has been effective in some respects in the United States. Won Lee explores the fact that children are becoming more discerning in their reading choices, thus losing interest in obscene comics.
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