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Big Difference in Comic Strips and Books: Condensed from an Article in Ladies Home Journal
Wertham outlines the link between comic books and juvenile delinquency.
Public Opinion and TV Hit Comic Sale Locally
Applauds the decrease in sale of horror comics, and suggests censorship of horror films
Cause of Delinquency
Utilizes the research of two leading psychologists to disprove much of Wertham's arguments about the impact of horror and crime comics on children.
This Is Your Page: What's On Your Mind?
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from a teacher and members of comic clubs.
What's On Your Mind?
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from a number of young readers.
This Is Your Page: Speak Up!
Published letters to the editor. Includes a letter from a member of a boys' club.
This Is Your Page: Speak Up!
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from young and old fans.
A Force for Good in the Community!
Reader's forum page with a running theme that Crime and Punishment has been a positive educational force in the life of children.
Saved From a Life of Crime! - Crime and Punishment #5
Reader's forum page wherein the editors highlight the wide distribution of their comic and suggest it may have had some impact in the decrease in juvenile crime.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now - Crime and Punishment #1
Reader's forum page with a running theme of criminals revealing that reading Crime Does Not Pay showed them the error of their ways.