A Crisis of Innocence

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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A boy willingly leads his murderous stepmother to die in quicksand.

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Utilizes statistics to argue that children are becoming more violent. Saunders claims that: when a parent hands their child a crime comic, they are allowing them to do as they see in the story.
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