A Crisis of Innocence

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Legend of the Long 3rd Finger 1.jpg
This story depicts a child with a long 3rd finger who becomes a murderous werewolf.

Ace Baffling #25.jpg
Comic cover featuring a man on a floating staircase in a surreal landscape, frightened by an unseen figure before him.

Wanted Comics   JVJ #9 - Page 1.pdf
Story of a boy who becomes a juvenile delinquent. He is set on the 'right path' by Jay Jostyn.

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Comic cover depicting a man being riddled with bullets by a gunman.

Eerie #2 (Avon - Aug:Sept 1951).jpg
Comic cover portraying a woman being led in chains by a skeleton.

Weird-Science-Fant-27.jpg
Comic cover depicting three astronauts fighting a giant monster.

Kingsport Times News July 8 1956 crop.jpg
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.

Gastonia Gazette November 7 1953.pdf
Claims that because little Johnny is reading crime comics, he will one day run over an old lady and leave her to die in the street.

The Hunter and the Hunted, pg. 4.jpg
The world's greatest hunter is killed by intelligent dinosaurs, who use his head as a bowling ball. A flashback reveals his desire to hunt animals began when he was a child.

davidlettertotheeditor.pdf
14-year-old David P. Wigransky responds to Dr. Fredric Wertham's article "The Comics. . . Very Funny!" and John M. Brown's "The Case Against the Comics."
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