A Crisis of Innocence

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The Case of the Giggling Killer, pg. 28.tiff
Crime comic that features a young psychopathic killer.

Green Hornet Fights Crime #38, pg. 5.jpg
Page from a Green Hornet comic depicting an arsonist. Mentioned in the Fulton Bill hearing.

all burnt up_converted.pdf
A gangster needs to lie low until heat from the police dies down. In the meantime, he stays with a woman and her son.

Witchcraft  JVJ  fixed #4 - Page 1.pdf
A child fantasizes about burning things, and grows up to be a pyromaniac.

Norwich Drive crop.jpg
Outlines an initiative in which children traded in 10 Comic Books to receive 1 classic novel. This article speaks to the great success of such an event.

Horror Comics Go Up In Flames.jpeg
An image of Len Wynne, head of Vancouver's Junior Chamber of Commerce, throwing popular horror comics on to a public "pyre" in Vancouver.

Children Admit They Started Fire.jpg
Outlines an apartment fire that took place in Hamilton. The children, who allegedly started the fire, claim that they were burning their comic books when the fire got out of hand.

Walla Walla Union Bulletin December 19 1946 crop.pdf
A 7 year-old boy was found in his bathtub reading a comic book while his house was on fire. While the firemen put out the fire, the boy stayed in the tub reading his comic.

Children to Net Good Books crop.jpg
Discusses a book burning that took place in Vancouver, in which the children received classic books in return for burning up their crime and horror comics.

Army To Limit Sale of Comics crop.jpg
Discusses the Army putting a stop to crime comics with their troops. Also talks about 1/3 of all comics being crime comics in 1948.
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