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Cover - Eerie #2
Comic cover portraying a woman being led in chains by a skeleton.
The Closet! - Tomb of Terror #11
An aunt keeps her niece undernourished and trapped in a closet. The girl tricks her aunt into going into the closet and traps her there instead.
To Supervise Sale of Comic Magazines: New Orleans Commission Council Frowns on Direct Censorship
Announces the establishment of a citizens committee to supervise comics sales and distribution in New Orleans. The committee attributes criminal behavior to parents rather than comic books.
Encourage Good Reading Habits Best Way of Abolishing Comics Panel Discussion Decides Here: Sponsored by Women's Council
Looks to schools and parents as being the ones that must take control of a child's reading habits, so as to instill in them a want to read books over comics.
Crime Comic Book Gave Killer Ideas
Outlines a double murder that took place in Talladega, Alabama in which a man killed his wife and her friend. It is said in the article that the murderer read a crime comic book shortly before the murder.
11 Women Seek Legistlation on Horror Comics
Outlines a bill in Pennsylvania, that 11 female members of commerce were hoping to have passed, that would see the publication and distribution of comics to those under the age of 18 as a criminal offence. In breaking this law the offender would be…
Cover - Voodoo #14
Comic cover portraying a skeleton judging a beauty pageant.
Cover - Web of Mystery #10
Comic cover featuring a woman startled by her monstrous appearance in a mirror.
Cover - Haunted Thrills #12
Comic cover featuring a witch showing a woman a vision of a skull in her crystal ball.
Cover - Speed Comics #35
Comic cover indicted by the Southtown Economist as too violent and sexualized.