A Crisis of Innocence

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Gettysburg Times September 13 1955.pdf
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…

Crime SuspensStories #22, cover.tiff
Cover depicting a man holding an axe and a woman's severed head. Defended by Bill Gaines at the senate subcommittee hearing.

Eerie #2 (Avon - Aug:Sept 1951).jpg
Comic cover portraying a woman being led in chains by a skeleton.

Haunted Thrills #12 (Farrell - Nov 1953).jpg
Comic cover featuring a witch showing a woman a vision of a skull in her crystal ball.

Out of the Night #6 (ACG - Dec:Jan 1953).jpg
Comic cover portraying a ghostly spirit turning a woman into a skeleton.

Speed Comics #35, cover.jpg
Comic cover indicted by the Southtown Economist as too violent and sexualized.

Tomb of Terror #11 (Harvey - Sept 1953).jpg
Comic cover featuring a woman frightened by a number of disembodied heads.

Ajax-Farrell Voodoo #14.jpg
Comic cover portraying a skeleton judging a beauty pageant.

Ace Web of Mystery #10.jpg
Comic cover featuring a woman startled by her monstrous appearance in a mirror.

Lethbridge Herald February 11 1949 crop.jpg
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.
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