If I Knew Then What I Know Now - Crime and Punishment #1
Comic Books
Reader's forum page with a running theme of criminals revealing that reading Crime Does Not Pay showed them the error of their ways.
Unknown
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Lev Gleason Publications
1 April 1948
Biro, Charles (editor); Wood, Bob (editor)
Public Domain, Digital Comic Museum
JPG
Comic Book
Sold Crime Comics Fine Winnipegger $5
Newspaper Articles
Discusses the start of the actual war on comics, in which a Winnipeger named Abe Roher was convicted of selling crime comics and fined $5.
Unknown
Toronto Daily Star
30 Apr 1953
PDF
Newspaper Article
Fulton Loses Crusade For Definite Penalty Against Crime Comics
Newspaper Articles
Discusses Fulton's attempt to pass a bill that would see those involved in the production of comics being fined up to $10,000 for doing so. The bill did not pass.
Bain, George (writer)
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The Globe and Mail
3 April 1954
ProQuest
PDF, JPG
Newspaper Article
Comic Books Held No Factor in Delinquency by the United Press
Newspaper Articles
Utilizes surveys in order to determine that comic books were not actually linked to juvenile delinquency. Rather, poor home life is truly the root cause for delinquency.
The United Press
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The Washington Post
12 November 1950
ProQuest
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Newspaper Article