House of Commons Debates - June 8th, 1948
Legal Material
A record of the discussions held by the House of Commons in 1948 regarding the distribution of comics in Canada. Fulton argues that there is a link between delinquent behavior in children and several comic titles.
http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2004_05/1?r=0&s=1
Dominion of Canada Official Report of the Debates House of Commons
4 June 1948
Hansard, Public Domain
PDF
Legal Material
Confidential File: Horror Comic Books!
Moving Image
A report by Paul Coates for "Confidential File" in 1955, regarding the relationship between juvenile delinquency
and comics, and formation of the Comics Code.
Paul Coates (reporter); Jim Peck (producer);. Irvin Kershner (director)
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Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency: Interim Report of Committee on Judiciary - March 14th, 1955
Legal material
Deals with the findings of the Subcommittee To Investigate Juvenile Delinquency's exploration into the impact of mass media on youth and their behaviour.
http://www.thecomicbooks.com/1955senateinterim.html
US Library of Congress
14 March 1955
Harley M. Kilgore (Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary) and Estes Kefauver (Chariman of the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency in the US)
Library of Congress
PDF
Report
Juvenile Delinquency (Comic Books): Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency off the Committee of the Judiciary United States Senate - April 22nd to June 4th, 1954
Legal material
Transcripts of the Senate Subcommittee Hearings on Juvenile delinquency, held between April 22 and June 4, 1954.
https://archive.org/details/juveniledelinque54unit
United States Government Printing Office
22 April - 4 June 1954
William Lagner (Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary) and Robert C. Hendrickson (Chairman of the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency in the US)
Public Domain (Boston Public Library)
PDF
Legal Material
House of Commons Debates - June 14th, 1948
Legal material
Fulton once again brings up the matter of suppressing comic book circulation, while Ilsley presents his draft of legislation.
http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2004_05/1?r=0&s=1
Library of Parliament
14 June 1948
Public Domain
PDF
Hansard
House of Commons Debates - June 9th, 1948
Legal material
Fulton first introduces crime comics.
http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2004_05/1?r=0&s=1
Library of Parliament
9 June 1948
Public Domain
PDF
Hansard
House of Commons Debates - June 3rd, 1948
Legal material
Fulton asks for revision of Juvenile Delinquents Act.
http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2004_05/1?r=0&s=1
Library of Parliament
3 June 1948
Public Domain
PDF
Hansard
Australian Obscene Publications - May 4th, 1954
Legal material
Continued discussion of different clauses for the Bill, as well as penalties.
4 May 1954
Public Domain
PDF
Crime Comics and the Constitution
Comic Books
Discussing the possibility of an all out ban on crime comics. Writer(s) call for more investigation into the potential dangers of crime and horror comic books.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1226392?origin=JSTOR-pdf
Stanford Law Review
1 March 1955
JSTOR
PDF
Journal Article
Hearing on Horror Comics
Multimedia
A radio session held by the Subcommittee to investiate Juvenile Delinquency and Comic Books.
MUNI News
http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/RECORDSPHOTOUNITARC~26~26~1327586~134606:MUNI-MISC-1954-04-21-73027-2-LT3024
WNYC Radio
21 April 1954
New York City Department of Records
mp3 Audio File
Audio