A Crisis of Innocence

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Deals with the fact that the only way to get rid of horror and crime comics is to work together to get them away from children.

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A man wants revenge on three of his former business partners. In wishing to have them killed he summons Satan.

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A review of Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent. Provides a brief synopsis of what Wertham was trying to accomplish in his writing.

Fulton Writing.pdf
Outlines a number of the concerns that Fulton has about the publication and sale of comic books to children. Fulton expresses his concerns for the long term effects of crime comics on children who are reading them.

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A serial killer ends up being killed by his psychiatrist. The psychiatrist determines that the man's desire to kill developed when he was a boy.

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Story features Maggie in depictions of innocence, surrounded by animals and nature.

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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.

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Discusses the function of reading in the lives of children who are becoming literate. The image accompanying this text features a young girl looking stereotypically innocent while reading.

NewRepublic.pdf
A mother investigates the reading habits of her eight year-old son.

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