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Legend of the Long 3rd Finger - Beyond #3
This story depicts a child with a long 3rd finger who becomes a murderous werewolf.
The Hunter and the Hunted - Mysterious Adventures #15
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.
The Little Monster! - Mister Mystery #11
An orphaned girl who loves animals is mistreated by her aunt. She wishes for bad things to happen to her aunt, and her wishes start to come true.
The Devil's Birthmark - Mysteries Weird and Strange #8
A demon child kills her father the day she turns eighteen. This single frame image is an extract from page 23.
Stick-In-The-Mud - Fight Against Crime #19
A boy willingly leads his murderous stepmother to die in quicksand.
Girl Strangled Imitating Comic Book Feature
Report regarding an 11 year old girl strangling herself to death trying to imitate the cover of a horror comic. This article is from Nova Scotia.
Fire in His Own Home Fails to Pull Child Away from Comic Book
A 7 year-old boy was found in his bathtub reading a comic book while his house was on fire. While the firemen put out the fire, the boy stayed in the tub reading his comic.
Comic Book Fan Gets 14 Years
Discusses story of 14 year-old Roy Adams who suffocated and performed an "unnatural sex act" on an 8-year-old girl. The altercation allegedly took place following an argument about ownership of a comic book.
Boy Imitates Comic Book Character; Breaks Neck
Reports a boy's attempts to imitate the comic book "The Hangman" who ended up breaking his neck. "The Hangman" appeared in Pep Comics.
David Pace Wigransky
An photograph of David Pace Wigransky who, at the age of fourteen, published a response to the work of Dr. Wertham in the July 24th issue of the Saturday Review of Literature (1948). Wigransky defended comic books, pointing to the many flaws in…