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Comic Books: A Teacher's Analysis

Burton considers how educators can encourage their students to read books other than comics by utilizing "transition books" that carry similar appeal as comics.

Tags: children, comic books, comics, education, literature, readers, reading, students, teachers

Sex and Crime Featured in 'Comic' Books Sold in City: Syracuse Tour Reveals Variety of Spicy Tales: State Committee Issues Threat of Censorship

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Explores the New York State Joint Legislative Committee's attempts to censor crime and love comics in 1951. The image features a number of the popular comics of the time laid out on a table.

Tags: anti-comic, ban, censorship, children, comic books, comics, crime, horror, juvenile delinquency, legislation, readers, sex, statistics, violence, youth

Parents' Corner: Time to Suppress Crime Comic Books

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.

Tags: boys, children, comic books, comics, congress, crime, death, girls, horror, murder, parents, publication and distribution, readers, sex, teachers, violence

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