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Looks at how crime and horror comic books are effecting youth. It focuses on parents' anger towards the medium, as well as increased levels of juvenile delinquency from children who read comic books weekly.

Presents a number of initiatives that were being taken to keep crime and horror comics out of the hands of children.

States that the public's reading tastes are changing as a result of newspaper coverage of the ongoing crisis. Some comic book publishers and distributors are choosing to self-censor, but this effort is not enough to protect children.

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.

Comic cover depicting a shipwrecked man about to be saved by a boat full of skeletons.

Victorian-era oil painting of a young girl looking wistfully out a window.

Discusses a questionnaire given to nearly 700 junior high school students to determine how they liked to spend their leisure time. The results of the survey determined that comic books were the most popular reading choice overall, though fiction was…

Comic adaptation of the Biblical story of Samson and Delilah.

Outlining questions of censorship and the problems of Juvenile Delinquincy as it relates to the reading of comic books. Discusses the positive nature of the comic book and calls to question the issues they could present.

A gangster needs to lie low until heat from the police dies down. In the meantime, he stays with a woman and her son.