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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.
Judge Tells Experience With 'Comic' Book Victim
Explains a recollection of the effects of crime comics on one 17-year-old boy.
Inquiry Demands Purge of 'Comics': Senators Declare Publishers Must Eliminate Pictures of Horror, Degeneracy
Senators state that it is not the government's job to deal with horror comics, but rather it is the duty of comic book publishers to clean up their work.
Horror Comics Vanish From Library of Lords
Discusses how horror comics have gone missing in the Library of Lords in Britain.
Horror Comics Go Up In Flames
An image of Len Wynne, head of Vancouver's Junior Chamber of Commerce, throwing popular horror comics on to a public "pyre" in Vancouver.
Horror Comics: Parents Buy Most, Say Dealers
Discusses a meeting between six comic book dealers and 8 home and school associations, which took place in Oakville, regarding the sale of horror comic books.
Hitler Would Be At Home Here
Claims that the blaming of juvenile delinquency on comic books is absurd. Miles notes that radio and film are far more likely to influence children to act violently.
Forum Finds Good as Well as Bad in Comic Books
Features the opinions of two psychologists, and a policeman, who have been studying the effects of comic books on children.
Forum Finds Comic Books Only Symptom, Not Disease: Four Experts on "I Want to Know" Program Call Parental Neglect More Influential Factor in Juvenile Delinquency -- Funny Book and Adventure "Preferred"
Report on a radio forum on comics and juvenile delinquency. Included a principal, psychiatrist, librarian, PTA member, and dean of the state teacher's college.
Flames Hit Two Buildings: Children Admit They Started Fire While Burning Comic Books In Home
Outlines an apartment fire that took place in Hamilton. The children, who allegedly started the fire, claim that they were burning their comic books when the fire got out of hand.