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SeductionOfTheInnocent.org
A site dedicated to the comics censorship movement of the 1940's and 1950's, Seduction of the Innocent , and the works of Dr. Fredric Wertham.

Help us find the LOST SOTI books!


        Hundreds of comics were referenced by Dr. Fredric Wertham in Seduction of the Innocent, the classic 1954 anti-comics diatribe. However, fewer than 150 of those books have been identified by the collecting community. Can you help identify the LOST SOTI books? Just click on the LostSOTI link above.
 

 

 

First and second US printings of SOTI look like this.
First and Second US printings of SOTI look like this.

First printings also have an R colophon on the publication page.
SOTI First Print publication page

US second printings do not have the colophon.
SOTI Second Print publication page

US Second printings also have a "Second printing" notation inside the front flap.
SOTI Second Print Front Flap

Only a few copies were released with the bibliography (pp. 399-400)
before these pages were removed by the publisher for fear of lawsuits.
SOTI Bibliography

The first UK printing looks like this.
UK First Printing of SOTI

One of several modern versions of SOTI (1996-2004)
Modern printing, Brown Cover

2004 Printing, Blue Cover
2004 Printing, Blue Cover

2004 Printing, Green Cover
2004 Printing, Green Cover

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