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This book is a re-examination of the critic whose Congressional testimony sparked the Comics Code. Bart Beaty traces the evolution of Wertham's attitudes toward
Seduction of the Innocent
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Authors: Fredric Wertham
Categories: Comic books and children
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Main Road Books

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Dr. Wertham was senior psychiatrist for the Department of Hospitals in New York City. This book, thoroughly documented by facts and cases, gives the substance o
The Ten-Cent Plague
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Authors: David Hajdu
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In the years between the end of World War II and the mid-1950s, the popular culture of today was invented in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books.
Under the Strain of Color
Language: en
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Authors: Gabriel N. Mendes
Categories: History
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In Under the Strain of Color, Gabriel N. Mendes recaptures the history of Harlem's Lafargue Mental Hygiene Clinic, a New York City institution that embodied new
Seal of Approval
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Amy Kiste Nyberg
Categories: Literary Criticism
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The content of comic books has been governed by an industry self-regulatory code adopted by publishers in 1954 in response to public and governmental pressure.