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Discusses a meeting that was held by a Canadian House of Commons member about Crime Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency. The accompanying picture presents E.D Fulton (the Commons member) meeting with Mabel Firestone.

Canadian School Reader, the cover of which portrays a typical scene of childhood innocence, with two children and a puppy peering out the window onto a natural scene.

Tumpane defends his previous assertion that comic books do not offer anything of use to child readers.

Covers the conviction and fining of an editor and several publishers who published a piece of offensive material.

Highlights 25 comic book titles that will be banned due to the lewd content being depicted in them.

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.

In Portage La Prairie, Manitoba the problem of crime comic books is discussed by the Local Council of Women. They decide that the only way to get rid of the threat is to replace it with something else.

Explains that the campaign against comic books taking place in 1948 is similar to the campaigns that were being waged against dime novels in prior years. Reference is made to the fact that juvenile delinquency is linked more readily to larger issues…

Presents an early depiction of the way that health officials were beginning to fear the negative affects that comics could have on people.

Interviews with various people involved in education and publication regarding their opinions on comic books. Some hold the parents accountable for what their children read.