A Crisis of Innocence

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True Comics #2, pg. 22.jpg
Advertisement and order form for novels directed at boys and girls.

Crime Does Not Pay #63, pg. 24.jpg
Published letters to the editor with short responses. Includes a letter from someone serving time in a juvenile correctional facility.

Crime and Punishment #18, pg. 33.jpg
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from a high school student and a junior police officer.

Crime and Punishment #15, pg. 39.jpg
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from young and old fans.

Crime and Punishment #8, pg. 49.jpg
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from a school principal and a fourteen-year-old.

Daily Herald December 11 1942 crop.jpg
Discusses a speech given by Miss Olive Flaherty, a professional reviewer of children's books. She claims that parents should encourage their children to read exciting travel books and mystery stories so as to foster a love for reading of "good"…

Medicine Hat Daily News October 27 1948.pdf
Describes a group of 600 students burning over 2000 comic books while being led by a 13 year-old boy. The boy's speech is transcribed.

Bakersfield Californian March 11 1944 crop.jpg
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.

Berkeley Daily Gazette October 2 1947 crop.jpg
Outlines a study that was done by graduate students. When asked, children reveal they are not as negatively impacted by comic book reading as was initially believed.

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A story about a mass burning of comic books that took place in Auburn New York. The burning took place following a talk that was held by a reverend that saw children wanting to get rid of their comics.
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