A Crisis of Innocence

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Looks at the Fulton bill, and the way that the House of Commons appeared to be backing the bill to put tougher restrictions on the sale and publication of crime comics.

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Features a scholarly source claiming that distinctions need to be made between good and bad comic books. While Richmond claims there is merit in the "good" ones, the bad ones are causing children to become violent.

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Deals with the fact that the only way to get rid of horror and crime comics is to work together to get them away from children.

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Discusses the Army putting a stop to crime comics with their troops. Also talks about 1/3 of all comics being crime comics in 1948.

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Deals with the child's interest in Television as a new medium for storytelling. Discusses the shift from comics (not approved by parents) to TV (a generally approved medium).

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A young boy named George grows up to be a hangman. He eventually dies by getting tangled in a rope like his victims.

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Explores the New York State Joint Legislative Committee's attempts to censor crime and love comics in 1951. The image features a number of the popular comics of the time laid out on a table.

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Comic cover depicting a criminal being chased by police. His shadow shows his fate, as he is seen being put to death for his crime.

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Cover of "Crime Does Not Pay" issue 36, depicting bloody, lawless mayhem.

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A "true-crime story" about four generations of a murderous family in Revolution-era France
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