A Crisis of Innocence

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Andersen - A Study of Leisure-Time Reading.pdf
Discusses a questionnaire given to nearly 700 junior high school students to determine how they liked to spend their leisure time. The results of the survey determined that comic books were the most popular reading choice overall, though fiction was…

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

all burnt up_converted.pdf
A gangster needs to lie low until heat from the police dies down. In the meantime, he stays with a woman and her son.

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.

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

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

Florence Morning News October 17 1948.pdf
Addition to an editorial noting that, since they are read primarily by children, comics should present morality.

Pep #17 (July 1941).jpg
Comic cover featuring superhero 'The Hangman.' Cited as the inspiration for a boy's accidental death by hanging.

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.

Criticize B.C. Plan crop.jpg
Claims that the burning of comic books could actually make children more inclined to read the very books that are being burned.
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