A Crisis of Innocence

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Kravsow's final article in his series discussing violent and sexual comic books. He notes warnings from various public officials for publishers to police their content.

A follow-up article for Kravsow's series. Schereschewsky dismisses censorship as a solution, instead providing advice for how parents can prevent their children from reading comic books.

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Several letters to the editor responding to Kravsow's series on the controversy regarding comics.

Announces the success of the newspaper's previous articles regarding the comic book controversy, citing various organizations' efforts to police comic content.

Announces a meeting of the Hartford County Council, where they will discuss the development of a campaign to combat obscene comic books.

More letters to the editor with responses to the newspaper's articles on comic books.

A storekeeper of Haddam and several other outlets announce their refusal to continue selling comic books.

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Announces the formation of a committee to investigate the sale and distribution of comics in the Hardware City. The Head of the Committee praises the newspaper's previous articles on the controversy.

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Discusses "The Current Scene" television program, which will include subjects from The Courant's campaign against comics.

Discusses EC publisher William M. Gaines's response to The Courant's campaign against comics.
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