Seduction of the Innocent is a book by German-born American psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, published in 1954, that warned that comic books were a negative...
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Fredric Wertham (category Conservatism in the United States)
media and the effects of comic books on the development of children. His best-known book is Seduction of the Innocent (1954), which asserted that comic books...
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Horror comics (redirect from Horror comics in the United States, 1947–1954)
game. Seduction of the Innocent sparked a firestorm of controversy and created alarm in parents, teachers and others interested in the welfare of children;...
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The Art of Seduction (2001) is the second book by American author Robert Greene. The book examines social power through the lens of seduction and was...
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part of the academic study of the Batman franchise at least since psychiatrist Fredric Wertham asserted in his 1954 book Seduction of the Innocent that...
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Bill Mumy (redirect from The Be Five)
events as part of the band Seduction of the Innocent (named after the titular book by Fredric Wertham). The band released one CD, The Golden Age. Mumy was born...
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book Seduction of the Innocent and his testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. His initial theory focused less on the current...
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Miguel Ferrer (category American people of English descent)
drummer in the series Sunshine, his first television role. Ferrer was also Mumy's bandmate in Seduction of the Innocent, a band that also consisted of Steve...
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Wonder Woman (redirect from Alternative versions of Wonder Woman)
character for girls and boys, in the controversial Seduction of the Innocent, psychiatrist Fredric Wertham claimed, as a point of criticism, that Wonder Woman's...
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Comics Code Authority (redirect from Comic book code of 1954)
hearings and the publication of psychiatrist Fredric Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent. Members submitted comics to the CCA, which screened them for...
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Batman (redirect from The Caped Crusader)
industry came under scrutiny with the publication of psychologist Fredric Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent in 1954. Wertham's thesis was that...
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intensified in the socially conservative 1950s, prompting psychiatrist Fredric Wertham to write his 1954 book Seduction of the Innocent. Examinations of bondage...
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book, Seduction of the Innocent, the research methodology for which was later discredited. In June 2020, Robert Smigel told The Daily Beast that the engine...
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of Batman since psychologist Fredric Wertham asserted in Seduction of the Innocent in 1954 that "Batman stories are psychologically homosexual ...The...
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voiced his criticisms of the medium through his book Seduction of the Innocent (1954). This critique led to the involvement of the American Senate Subcommittee...
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the allegations of Batman's homosexuality arising from the controversial book Seduction of the Innocent (1954). When Julius Schwartz became editor of...
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Adult comics (section The Comics Code Authority)
came out with a book Seduction of the Innocent that claimed that the rise in juvenile delinquency being reported in the news at the time was fueled by comic...
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Baby boomers (redirect from Pig-in-the-python Generation)
in the book Seduction of the Innocent (1954) by Fredric Wertham, causing a decline in the comics industry. To address public concerns, in 1954 the Comics...
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which did not carry the CCA's seal of approval. The CCA came into being in response to Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent, in which comic book...
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Vampirella (section Mike The Pike Productions)
Vampirella #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of Creepy and Eerie. Writer-editor Archie Goodwin later developed the character from horror-story hostesses, in...
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Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions (also simply known as Carnival of Souls) is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band Kiss, released in...
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in Seduction of the Innocent, the 1954 book by Dr. Fredric Wertham denouncing what he saw as the morally corrupting effect of comics on children. The cover...
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to investigate the problem of juvenile delinquency. After the publication of Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent the following year that claimed...
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November 15, 1987. "Top of the News (advertisement)". Amazing Heroes. No. 117. Fantagraphics Books. May 15, 1987. "Top of the News (advertisement)". Amazing...
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Marvel Comics (redirect from House of Ideas)
Comics #12 Archived June 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at the Grand Comics Database "Seduction of the Innocent: More Anti-Comics Items". www.lostsoti...
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Dell Comics (section List of titles)
campaign by Dell against publication of Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent to the extent of recruiting several of the companies that it licensed characters...
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2015). "Review: 'The Americans' - 'Born Again': Seduction Of The Innocent". HitFix. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. "Born Again" at FX "Born...
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1954, Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent coincided with Congressional hearings on (among other topics) the negative influence of comic books. For a...
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Superhero comics (redirect from History of superhero comics)
popularity, their sales hindered in part by the publication of Seduction of the Innocent and the investigations of The Senate Subcommittee hearings on juvenile...
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Fredric (1954), Seduction of the Innocent, Rinehart & Company, pp. 192, 234–235 Wertham, Fredric (1954), Seduction of the Innocent, Rinehart & Company...
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