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Comic Books: A Teacher's Analysis
Burton considers how educators can encourage their students to read books other than comics by utilizing "transition books" that carry similar appeal as comics.
The Comics - There They Stand
Discusses the popularity of comic strips and books, as well as some of the ways they have influenced American culture.
On Comic Books
Claims that comics have no merit because they do not instill a love for the English language, which is instilled by other forms of literature.
Parents' Corner: Time to Suppress Crime Comic Books
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.
Sex and Crime Featured in 'Comic' Books Sold in City: Syracuse Tour Reveals Variety of Spicy Tales: State Committee Issues Threat of Censorship
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.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now - Crime and Punishment #1
Reader's forum page with a running theme of criminals revealing that reading Crime Does Not Pay showed them the error of their ways.
Mother Knows Best! - Crime and Punishment #2
Reader's forum page with letters from mothers. The mothers approve that their children read Crime Does Not Pay.
Saved From a Life of Crime! - Crime and Punishment #5
Reader's forum page wherein the editors highlight the wide distribution of their comic and suggest it may have had some impact in the decrease in juvenile crime.
This Is Your Page: Speak Up!
Published letters to the editor with short responses. Includes letters from a pastor and a mother.
A Force for Good in the Community!
Reader's forum page with a running theme that Crime and Punishment has been a positive educational force in the life of children.