A Crisis of Innocence

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Cedar Rapids Gazette October 10 1954 crop.jpg
Full page of small articles that all deal with the problem of horror comics and children.

Oakland Tribune July 18 1948 crop.jpg
Features a scholarly source claiming that distinctions need to be made between good and bad comic books. While Richmond claims there is merit in the "good" ones, the bad ones are causing children to become violent.

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A young boy named George grows up to be a hangman. He eventually dies by getting tangled in a rope like his victims.

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

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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This article discusses the UN's considerations for banning the sale of crime and sex comics worldwide.

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Comic cover portraying an anatomy professor placing his wife's body in the freezer, among his other dissection specimens.

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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.
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