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Homer Price
Illustration from one of the Homer Price books, which depicts a group of boys in a malt shop/convenience store, looking at comic books.
Confidential File: Horror Comic Books!
A report by Paul Coates for "Confidential File" in 1955, regarding the relationship between juvenile delinquency
and comics, and formation of the Comics Code.
and comics, and formation of the Comics Code.
Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency: Interim Report of Committee on Judiciary - March 14th, 1955
Deals with the findings of the Subcommittee To Investigate Juvenile Delinquency's exploration into the impact of mass media on youth and their behaviour.
Juvenile Delinquency (Comic Books): Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency off the Committee of the Judiciary United States Senate - April 22nd to June 4th, 1954
Transcripts of the Senate Subcommittee Hearings on Juvenile delinquency, held between April 22 and June 4, 1954.
Report of the Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials - December 31st, 1952
Report on the findings of the Committee into pornographic materials (literary, photography, and illustrations).
Obscene Publications Act - 1959
Provides the details of the 1959 British Act to amend the law concerning the publication and distribution of obscene material.
Children and Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act - 1955
Outlines the British Act meant to prevent the distribution and sale of offensive material to young people.
Statutes Chapter 13 - 1949
Outlines the 1949 amendment to the Canadian Criminal Code, addressing the publication and distribution of obscene and offensive material.
Martin's Criminal Code, Part IV Section 150 - 1955
Addresses the Canadian Criminal Code in regards to publication and distribution of crime comics, and other obscene materials.
Criminal Code, Part V 163-172 - 2014
Sections 163-172 of the Criminal Code of Canada, which covers the creation, publication, and distribution of crime comics, as well as materials which may present sexual or violent subjects to children.