A Crisis of Innocence

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True Comics #2, pg. 22.jpg
Advertisement and order form for novels directed at boys and girls.

Thrills Of Tomorrow #17, pg. 33.jpg
Advertisement for a collection of toys.

Crime Does Not Pay #48, pg. 45.jpg
Advertisement for a toy cockpit, with replica targets and bombs.

Adventures Into The Unknown #78 (ACG Nov 1956), pg. 36.jpg
Advertisement for a miniature spear-firing catapult directed at boys.

Adventures Into The Unknown #14 (ACG - Dec 1950), pg. 29.jpg
Advertisement page with a war comic and and a bracelet directly marketed to boys and girls.

Crime and Punishment #22, pg. 48.jpg
Published letters to the editor. Includes a letter from a member of a boys' club.

Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers, pg. 57.jpg
WWII era comic that directly links the actions of American soldiers with the exploits of a gang of kid vigilantes. This single frame image was extracted from page 57 of the comic.

Stick-in-the-Mud, pg. 8.jpg
A boy willingly leads his murderous stepmother to die in quicksand.

Scream Comics 1 cover.jpg
Stories about young boys that get into different situations. The boys are often presented as getting into trouble, while also being depicted in an innocent fashion.

Summary Trial Urged crop.jpg
Looks at a Newfoundland judge, who previously expressed his thoughts on the tougher restrictions that were being placed on crime comics in Canada.
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