A Crisis of Innocence

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crimedoesnotpay36.jpg
Cover of "Crime Does Not Pay" issue 36, depicting bloody, lawless mayhem.

Case Against Comics.pdf
Muhlen's review of The Seduction of the Innocent. He criticizes the effectiveness of Wertham's book as being a catalyst for change.

TodaysHealth.pdf
Details the results of a comics questionnaire given to over 1800 children, 235 of which having been classified as delinquents.

American Mercury Sad Case of the Funnies.pdf
Wartime commentary on the comics in newspapers. Condemns their content and worries about the impact on children.

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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.

the wild spree of the laughing sadist_convertedfromdocx.pdf
Crime comic that depicts the criminal's violent childhood.

the little monster_convertedfromdocx.pdf
An orphaned girl who loves animals is mistreated by her aunt. She wishes for bad things to happen to her aunt, and her wishes start to come true.

Devils Birthmark.jpg
A demon child kills her father the day she turns eighteen. This single frame image is an extract from page 23.

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

I Killed Mary, pg. 5.jpg
A shy teenage boy kills a popular teen girl to make people notice him.
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