A Crisis of Innocence

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Southtown Economist April 8 1945 crop.jpg
Features an ad for a television program that would be airing on WGN in which the 'comics' series being presented by the Southtown Economist would be discussed by pastor Dr. Preston Bradley. Additionally explores sex in crime comics and the way it…

TodaysHealth.pdf
Details the results of a comics questionnaire given to over 1800 children, 235 of which having been classified as delinquents.

Australian Obscene Publications - April 14 1954.pdf
Discussions of morality and distribution. Comic books and other obscene periodicals are consistently viewed as serious threats to the morals of young people.

Australian Obscene Publications - April 21 1954.pdf
Continued debate over altering the Police Offences Bill. The House discusses specific clauses, and questions arise over what can be considered "artistic."

Australian Obscene Publications - April 28 1954.pdf
Continued discussion of the amendment to the Police Offences Bill. Particular focus is paid to the meaning of the word "obscene."

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Discusses the burning of 2000 comic books, as ordered by the Bishop of the Albany Catholic Diocese

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Comic cover indicted by the Southtown Economist as too violent and sexualized.

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Comic cover portraying a skeleton judging a beauty pageant.

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Discusses the Senate Juvenile Delinquency Subcommitee's worries about post-war crime comic books.
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