A Crisis of Innocence

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Bloody Mary, pg. 10.tiff
Comic book story that depicts an innocent-looking young girl murdering people.

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.

peanuts.gif
A Peanuts comic strip from June 22, 1952, depicting Charlie Brown browsing a comic book rack.

horrible herman_converted.pdf
A deformed child develops an advanced intellect and psychic powers, and comes to view other humans as "animals."

tag...you're it_converted.pdf
A town is terrorized by a vampire, and a husband and wife begin to suspect that the other has been turned. It is revealed that their young son is the vampire.

Witchcraft  JVJ  fixed #4 - Page 1.pdf
A child fantasizes about burning things, and grows up to be a pyromaniac.

Black Magic #12, cover.jpg
Comic cover depicting a boy in a trance, making contact with the dead.

Beware #6 - Borrowed Blood.jpg
Cited by Dr. Wertham in Seduction of the Innocent, Beware #6 features a story about gypsies taking the life of a doctor for killing their son with tainted blood. The child is depicted in a rather innocent fashion within the story.

Gazette Mail November 8 1959 crop.jpg
Deals primarily with newspaper comics, and makes reference to the fact that comic book reading can be greatly beneficial for the young reader.

Father of Murderers, pg. 26.jpg
A "true-crime story" about four generations of a murderous family in Revolution-era France
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