A Crisis of Innocence

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A clip from the 1988 film "Comic Book Confidential." The video features an interview with Dr. Fredric Wertham in which he condemns comics for corrupting children

Interim Report of Committee on Judiciary.pdf
Deals with the findings of the Subcommittee To Investigate Juvenile Delinquency's exploration into the impact of mass media on youth and their behaviour.

NY State Joint Legislative Committee to Study Comics 1954.pdf
Introductory summary of the Committee's previous activities and findings before commencing a discussion of Wertham and his work. Also includes an examination of "pocket books," inexpensive books that often depicted obscene subjects.

Crime Comics and the Constitution - Stanford.pdf
Discussing the possibility of an all out ban on crime comics. Writer(s) call for more investigation into the potential dangers of crime and horror comic books.

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Discusses an indictment surrounding Superior Comics, one of the primary Canadian Publishers of crime comics.

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Article makes note of the fact that comic book publishers are defending their works by claiming that comic books promote a "crime doesn't pay stance," and that comic books promote the building of a good vocabulary.

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Presents a backlash to the bill passed in Canada in 1949 that put a number of sanctions on the distribution of horror and crime comic books.

1951 comics hearings 2.pdf
Covers the discussion of several representatives for comic book publishers in regards to the question of self-regulation.

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All comics that carried this seal were approved by the Comic Code Authority. Under the code, almost all depictions of horror and violence, as well as sexual perversity, were forbidden.
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