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Criticize B.C. Plan: Doubt Toronto to Burn Crime, Horror Comics

Claims that the burning of comic books could actually make children more inclined to read the very books that are being burned.

Tags: book burnings, boys, canada, children, comic books, comics, crime, education, girls, horror, literature, publishers, reading

Report regarding an 11 year old girl strangling herself to death trying to imitate the cover of a horror comic. This article is from Nova Scotia.

Tags: ban, canada, child, comic books, death, girls, horror, nova scotia

A young girl is told that all men are evil by her grandmother, who teaches her to hate them. She later learns witchcraft and begins to murder men.

Tags: comic book story, family, girls, horror, innocence, murder, violence, witch, youth

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.

Tags: abuse, childhood, comic book story, girls, horror, innocence, women

An orphaned girl who loves animals is mistreated by her aunt. She wishes for bad things to happen to her aunt, and her wishes start to come true.

Tags: abuse, animals, child, comic book story, death, girls, innocence, murder, orphan, violence

Advertisement page with a war comic and and a bracelet directly marketed to boys and girls.

Tags: advertisement, boys, children, girls, military, violence, war

Advertisement and order form for novels directed at boys and girls.

Tags: adventure, advertisement, animals, books, boys, children, education, girls, literature, magazines, novels, romance, school