A Crisis of Innocence

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Medicine Hat Daily News January 14 1949 crop.jpg
Provides a number of statistics about the sale of comic books in Canada and Medicine Hat. Morever, Shiels speaks with individuals who are both for and against the sale of comic books.

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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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Explains the numerous issues that are present in trying to ban crime comics in Canada.

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Following the approval of a ban on crime comics in Canada, this article looks at the way the ban has been received by different provinces.

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Announces that Entertaining Comics is dropping 5 of their popular crime and horror comic series due to a drop in sales brought on by the backlash of anti-comic organizations.

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Looks at the way that comic book legislation in the United States was slower to act than in Canada.

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Looks at the way tougher laws about the production and distribution of comics has caused for distributors to turn their attention to obscene pocket books.

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Discusses the unanimous support that the bill proposed by Fulton received in the House of Commons.

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Short snippet that reads: "New Delhi, June 7 - India today announced she has banned the importation of horror comics."

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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.
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