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50 Combat Action Toys
Advertisement aimed at children for a collection of detailed plastic soldiers and weapons.
Announcing Operation: Peril
Advertisement page with a war comic and and a bracelet directly marketed to boys and girls.
Bombs Away!
Advertisement for a toy cockpit, with replica targets and bombs.
Censorship or Self Regulation?
Schultz attributes the "mass hysteria" around comics to Wertham, and the rise of hysteria to the development of doubts about the harm of comics, and the concern over the threat to freedom of speech.
Comic Books Banned
Short piece announcing the banning of 34 American comic books containing horror stories of war themes. Further imports of such magazines will be prohibited.
Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers - Clue Comics #1
WWII era comic that directly links the actions of American soldiers with the exploits of a gang of kid vigilantes. This single frame image was extracted from page 57 of the comic.
Medieval War Machine
Advertisement for a miniature spear-firing catapult directed at boys.
National P-TA Official Assails Horror Comics
Discuses comic censorship. Includes a statement from President Roosevelt insisting parents need to do all that they can in order to protect the innocence of children moving forward.
War Declared on Lewd Books
Discusses the war on lewd comics that was taking place in the 1950's, in which people found producing or selling "lewd" comic books could be prosecuted.
War on the Streets - Crime and Punishment #66
Portrait of a juvenile delinquent. Locates the problem of juvenile delinquency in physical environment, poverty, and family life.