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WERTHAM, FREDERIC

  • Frederic Wertham Biography - profiles the child psychologist whose research and writings contributed to the development of the regulatory Comics Code Authority.
  • Fredric Wertham: Anti-Comics Crusader Who Turned Advocate - A page about the famous American psychiatrist who believed comic books inspired young people to commit crime, and who later became a comic book fan himself.
  • Mad Thinker, The - discusses Dr. Wertham's 1954 book "Seduction of the Innocent," which claimed that comics were responsible for juvenile delinquency, homosexuality, and communism.
  • Myths, Misinterpretations, and Misconceptions: Censorship in Comics - A site which debates the arguments of Fredric Wertham - the psychiatrist who believed comic books prompted delinquency in juveniles.
  • Seduction Of the Innocent - brief summary and review of the book that held that crime comic books are a harmful influence on young minds.
  • Seduction of the Innocent - hyperlinked excerpts and illustrations from the book.

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