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Wertham, Fredric. Seduction of the Innocent. New York & Toronto:
Reinhart, 1954.
400pp[?].
- Publisher's Note ... v
- Acknowledgments ... vii
- "Such Trivia as Comic Books": Introducing the Subject ... 1
- "You Always Have to Slug 'Em": What Are Crime Comic Books? ... 17
- The Road to the Child: Methods of Examination ... 54
- The Wrong Twist: The Effects of Comic Books on the Child ... 83
- Retooling for Illiteracy: The Influence of Comic Books on Reading ... 119
- Design for Delinquency: The Contribution of Crime Comic Books to Juvenile Delinquency ... 147
- "I Want to be a Sex Maniac!": Comic Books and the Psychosexual Development of Children ... 173
- "Bumps and Bulges": Advertising in Comic Books ... 195
- The Experts for the Defense: The Scientiic Promotion of Comic Books ... 251
- The Upas Tree: Making and Makers of Comic Books ... 251
- Murder in Dawson Creek: The Comic Books Abroad ... 273
- The Devil's Allies: The Struggle Against the Comic-Book Industry ... 295
- Homicade at Home: Television and the Child ... 353
- The Triumph of Dr. Payn: Comic Books Today and the Future ... 385
- Bibliographical Note ... 399
Reviews in Print
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Barker, Martin. A Haunt of Fears.
London: Pluto Press, 1984. Rpt. Jackson and London: University Press
of Mississippi, 1992. [See especially chapter six, "Fredric Wertham's Nightmare"]
- Beaty,
Bart. Fredric
Wertham and the
Critique of Mass Culture.
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005. [See especially Chapter Four, "Wertham and the Critique of Comic Books"]
- Harvey, R.C. "Comicopia: Wasn't Wertham Right After All?" [Re-evaluation
of Wertham, Seduction of the Innocent, with reference to Nyberg,
Seal
of Approval.] Comics Journal 223 (May 2000): 105-09.
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Harvey, R.C. "Wertham Revisited: Seduction in the Eighties." Comics
Journal 106 (March 1986): 72-90, 95.
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Kyle, Richard. "Graphic Story World" [essay on Seduction of the
Innocent]." Graphic Story Magazine 11 (Summer 1970): 46-7.
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Nyberg, Amy Kiste. Seal of Approval: The History
of the Comics Code. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi,
1998. 208pp. ISBN 0-87805-974-1 (cloth), ISBN 0-87805-975-X
(paper). See especially chapter four, "Fredric Wertham and the Comics Crusade."
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Scholz, Carter, "Seducing the Innocent." [essay on Wetham's
works.] Comics Journal 80 (March 1983): 43-45, 47, 49-50,
52-53.
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