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	Title	Issue	Where used in SOTI
A1 Guns of Fact and Fiction   13	A1 Guns of Fact and Fiction	13	Mentioned in text, p. 19.	All-Famous Crime   9
	All-Famous Crime	9	Illo #32 with caption, "The wish to hurt or kill couples in Lovers' Lanes is a not uncommon perversion."
All-Top   14	All-Top	14	Illo #2 with caption, "Corpses of colored people strung up by their wrists."	Authentic Police Cases   3
	Authentic Police Cases	3	Illo #9 with caption, "Outside the forbidden pages of deSade, you find draining a girl's blood only in children's comics."; also used in text, p. 161 and 181 (both of which are not mentioned in Overstreet). Although this reprints Red Seal #16, it is likely that Wertham read this book and not Red Seal #16 because the SOTI page 161 reference does not appear in Red Seal #16. This is another instance where Wertham misquoted a comic. The text piece he cites is called "Lessons In Larceny", but Wertham calls it "Lessons For Larceny."
Authentic Police Cases   6	Authentic Police Cases	6	Illo #6 with caption, "An invitation to learning."	Beware   6
	Beware	6	Illo #31 with caption, "Children are first shocked and then desensitized by all this brutality."
Beware   12	Beware	12	Mentioned in text, p. 388.	Beyond   27
	Beyond	27	Mentioned in text, p. 111.
Black Cat Comics   27	Black Cat Comics	27	Mentioned in text, p. 193.	Black Cat Mystery   36
	Black Cat Mystery	36	Mentioned in text, pp. 270-271.
Black Cat Mystery   39	Black Cat Mystery	39	Mentioned in text, pp. 386-388.	Blue Beetle   54
	Blue Beetle	54	Illo #5 with caption, "Children call these 'headlights' comics."
Blue Beetle   56	Blue Beetle	56	Mentioned in text, p. 145. The page Wertham cited was reprinted in Murder Incorporated #9. It's unclear which comic Wertham was citing.	Brenda Starr   v2#4
	Brenda Starr	v2#4	Mentioned in text, p. 21.
Bugs Bunny Four Color   250	Bugs Bunny Four Color	250	Mentioned in text, p. 309.	Captain Video   2
	Captain Video	2	Mentioned in text, p. 382.
Chamber of Chills   7	Chamber of Chills	7	Mentioned in text, p. 389.	Classic Comics Robinson Crusoe   10
	Classic Comics Robinson Crusoe	10	Mentioned in text, p. 142.
Classic Comics Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde   13	Classic Comics Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde	13	Mentioned in text, p. 143.	Classic Comics Uncle Tom's Cabin   15
	Classic Comics Uncle Tom's Cabin	15	Mentioned in text, pp. 102, 103.
Classic Comics Great Expectations   43	Classic Comics Great Expectations	43	Mentioned in text, p. 311.	Classic Comics Mysteries of Paris   44
	Classic Comics Mysteries of Paris	44	Mentioned in text, p. 323.
Classics Illustrated The Adventures of Tom Sawyer   50	Classics Illustrated The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	50	Mentioned in text, p. 37	Classics Illustrated Silas Marner   55
	Classics Illustrated Silas Marner	55	Mentioned in text, p. 311, 312
Classics Illustrated Julius Caesar   68	Classics Illustrated Julius Caesar	68	Mentioned in text, p. 36, 37	Crime and Punishment   2
	Crime and Punishment	2	It appears that this is not a SOTI book, despite Overstreet's indication to the contrary.
Crime and Punishment   3	Crime and Punishment	3	Mentioned in text, p. 112	Crime and Punishment   59
	Crime and Punishment	59	Illo #12 with caption, "What comic-book America stands for."
Crime Can't Win   10	Crime Can't Win	10	Possible use in SOTI, p. 161	Crime Clinic   3
	Crime Clinic	3	Mentioned in text, p. 18
Crime Detective   9	Crime Detective	9	Illo #25 with caption, "Caricature of the author in a position comic-book publishers wish he were in permanently." Also used on p. 16.	Crime Does Not Pay   63
	Crime Does Not Pay	63	Issues 63, 64- Possible use in SOTI
Crime Does Not Pay   64	Crime Does Not Pay	64	Possible use in SOTI, p. 306	Crime Files   5
	Crime Files	5	Mentioned in text, p. 4
Crime Reporter   2	Crime Reporter	2	Illo #8 with caption, "Children told me what the man was going to do with the red-hot poker."	Crime Smashers   1
	Crime Smashers	1	Illo #20 with caption, "A girl raped and murdered." Also used in text pp. 19-20.
Crime SuspenStories   19	Crime SuspenStories	19	Mentioned in text, p. 235	Crime SuspenStories   20
	Crime SuspenStories	20	Illo #10 with caption, "Cover of a children's comic book."
Crimes By Women   3	Crimes By Women	3	Mentioned in text, p. 234	Crimes By Women   10
	Crimes By Women	10	Mentioned in text, p. 72
Dagar, Desert Hawk   19	Dagar, Desert Hawk	19	Mentioned in text, p. 180	Dagar, Desert Hawk   21
	Dagar, Desert Hawk	21	"Bombs & Bums Away" panel in "Flood
Dynamic Comics   17	Dynamic Comics	17	Illo with caption, "Children told me what the man was going to do with the red-hot poker."	Eerie Adventures   1
	Eerie Adventures	1	Mentioned in text, pp.317-318.
Exposed   6	Exposed	6	Illo #28 with caption, "How to prepare an alibi."	Exposed   7
	Exposed	7	Illo #29 with caption, "Diagram for housebreakers."
Famous Crimes   3	Famous Crimes	3	Mentioned in text, p. 112. Injury-to-the-eye motif.	Famous Crimes   7
	Famous Crimes	7	Mentioned in text, p. 44
First Love Illustrated   35	First Love Illustrated	35	Illo #30 with caption, "The title of this comic book is First Love."	Frontier Romances   1
	Frontier Romances	1	Illo #35 with caption, "Erotic spanking in a children's comic book." Overstreet also claims this was mentioned on p. 180. However, p. 180 mentions spanking in more general terms: "In Western comic books, the erotic spanking of a girl by a man is frankly featured.”
Frontier Romances   1	Frontier Romances	1	Illo #34 with caption, "Erotic spanking in a children's comic book." IW Reprint, reprints original Frontier Romances #1.	Frontline Combat   4
	Frontline Combat	4	Mentioned in text, p. 257
Fugitives From Justice   3	Fugitives From Justice	3	Illo #6 with caption, "An invitation to learning." Reprints story from Authentic Police Cases #6 with new title.	Giant Comics Edition   4
	Giant Comics Edition	4	Illo #9 with caption, "Outside the forbidden pages of deSade, you find draining a girl's blood only in children's comics."; also used in text, p. 181. Re-packaging of Red Seal #16.
Harvey Comics Library   1	Harvey Comics Library	1	Mentioned in text, p. 27. Teen-Age Dope Slaves, which reprints a series of Rex Morgan, MD newspaper strips.	Haunt Of Fear   17 (#3)
	Haunt Of Fear	17 (#3)	Mentioned in text, p. 43
Haunt Of Fear   19	Haunt Of Fear	19	Illo #1 with caption, "A comic book baseball game. Notice the chest protector and other details in the text and pictures."	Haunt Of Fear   23
	Haunt Of Fear	23	Incorrectly listed in Overstreet as SOTI book.
Hopalong Cassidy   5	Hopalong Cassidy	5	Mentioned in text, pp. 308-309, although Wertham read this story in the Bond Bread giveaway, "Hopalong Cassidy and the Mad Barber."	Hopalong Cassidy & the Mad Barber   NN
	Hopalong Cassidy & the Mad Barber	NN	Used in SOTI, pp. 308,309
Howdy Doody   6	Howdy Doody	6	Mentioned in text, p. 309	Hunted   13
	Hunted	13	Illo #16 with caption, "Treating police contemptuously." This one-issue title was also mentioned in text p. 42.
Ideal, A Classical Comic   3	Ideal, A Classical Comic	3	Mentioned in text, p. 310. Overstreet erroneously lists this as p. 308.	Inside Crime   2
	Inside Crime	2	Mentioned in text, p. 182, 183. Reprined in Spook #24. It's unclear whi
Jon Juan   1	Jon Juan	1	Mentioned in text, p. 38.	Journey Into Fear   15
	Journey Into Fear	15	Mentioned in text, p. 389
Jungle Comics   98	Jungle Comics	98	Illo #18 and #19 with caption, "In ordinary comic books there are pictures for children who know how to look." Also used in SOTI's text, p, 185	Justice Traps the Guilty   13
	Justice Traps the Guilty	13	Mentioned in text, p. 110-111.
Justice Traps the Guilty   58	Justice Traps the Guilty	58	Illo #14 with caption, "Treating police contemptuously."	Kewpies   1
	Kewpies	1	One of the "lost SOTI" books that has been found. Used in SOTI, but not mentioned as such in Overstreet.
Killers   1	Killers	1	Mentioned in SOTI, pgs 179, 180	Law Against Crime   3
	Law Against Crime	3	Illo with caption, "Treating police contemptuously." Also mentioned in text, pp. 181. Overstreet erroneously indicates that this is also on p. 180. P. 181 states, "One picture shows a couple in an automobile, both the young man and the girl with blood streaming all over their faces from bullet holes in their heads. In the story the murderer was never caught."
Lawbreakers Always Lose   7	Lawbreakers Always Lose	7	Illo #3 with caption, "Comic-book philosophy."	Martin Kane   4
	Martin Kane	4	Mentioned in text, p. 160. This reprints the story from Murder Incorporated #8 that Wertham mentioned. It's unclear which book Wertham was citing.
Meet Corliss Archer   1	Meet Corliss Archer	1	Title mentioned in text, p. 39, with the indication, "Adolescent boys call these headlight comics."	Meet Corliss Archer   2
	Meet Corliss Archer	2	Title mentioned in text, p. 39, with the indication, "Adolescent boys call these headlight comics."
Meet Corliss Archer   3	Meet Corliss Archer	3	Title mentioned in text, p. 39, with the indication, "Adolescent boys call these headlight comics."	Murder Incorporated   8
	Murder Incorporated	8	Mentioned in text, p. 160. This story was reprinted in Martin Kane #4. It's unclear which book Wertham was citing.
Murder Incorporated   9	Murder Incorporated	9	Mentioned in text, p. 145. This story reprints the page from Blue Beetle #56 that Wertham referenced. It's unclear which comic Wertham was citing.	My Life (previously Meet Corliss Archer)   4
	My Life (previously Meet Corliss Archer)	4	Mentioned in text, p. 39
Mysterious Adventures   11	Mysterious Adventures	11	Mentioned in text, p. 84.	Nightingale   nn
	Nightingale	nn	Mentioned in text, p. 312-313.
Out of This World Adventures   2	Out of This World Adventures	2	Mentioned in text, p. 120. Not listed in Overstreet as SOTI. This is another of Wertham's errors. He incorrectly attributes a quote by the book's hero to its heroine.	Perfect Crime   11
	Perfect Crime	11	Mentioned in text, p. 159.
Peter Penny and his Magic Dollar   0	Peter Penny and his Magic Dollar	0	Mentioned in text, pp. 310, 311	Phantom Lady   17
	Phantom Lady	17	Illo #4 with caption, "Sexual stimulation by combining 'headlights' with a sadist's dream of tying up a woman."
Planet Comics   53	Planet Comics	53	Mentioned in text, p. 32. Another of Wertham's errors: the word "mate" in the comic is quoted as "maid" by Wertham.	Public Enemies   2
	Public Enemies	2	Mentioned in text, p. 95
Real Clue   v3#9	Real Clue	v3#9	Mentioned in text, p. 102	Red Seal Comics   16
	Red Seal Comics	16	Illo #9 with caption, "Outside the forbidden pages of deSade, you find draining a girl's blood only in children's comics." Also used in text, p. 181.
Reform School Girl   nn	Reform School Girl	nn	Illo #37 with caption, "Comic books are supposed to be like fairy tales." Also mentioned in text, p. 358.	Rulah, Jungle Goddess   21
	Rulah, Jungle Goddess	21	Mentioned in text, p. 388, 389
Rulah, Jungle Goddess   22	Rulah, Jungle Goddess	22	Mentioned in text, p. 22, 23	Sensation Comics   81
	Sensation Comics	81	Mentioned in text, p. 33, 34
Shock SuspenStories   4	Shock SuspenStories	4	Mentioned in text, p. 387, 388	Spook   24
	Spook	24	Mentioned in text, p. 182, 183. Reprint of Inside Crime #2. It's unclear where Wertham saw the story.
Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated   6	Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated	6	Mentioned in text, p. 22, 143	Story of Harry S Truman   NN
	Story of Harry S Truman	NN	Mentioned in text, p. 311
Strange Adventures   39	Strange Adventures	39	Illo #15 with caption, "Treating police contemptuously."	Strange Mysteries   10
	Strange Mysteries	10	Mentioned in text, p. 181
Strange Worlds   2	Strange Worlds	2	Mentioned in text, p. 112. Injury-to-the-eye motif.	Super Duck   22
	Super Duck	22	Mentioned in text, pp. 35, 307, 308. This is a perfect example of Wertham's hypocrisy. On page 28, Super Duck is called without sarcasm one of the "harmlesss ones". Then on pages 35 and 307-308, he cites its harmful content.
Superboy   2	Superboy	2	Mentioned in text, pp. 35-36, 226	Superman   55
	Superman	55	Mentioned in text, p. 33
Tegra, Jungle Empress   1	Tegra, Jungle Empress	1	Mentioned in text, p. 31	Terrifying Tales   15
	Terrifying Tales	15	Mentioned in text, pp. 22,23. This reprints story from Rulah #22. It's unclear which book Wertham was citing.
Terrors of the Jungle   17	Terrors of the Jungle	17	Mentioned in text, pp. 388-389. This reprints story from Rulah #21. It's unclear which book Wertham was citing.	Thing   9
	Thing	9	Illo #33 with caption, "Stomping on the face is a form of brutality children learn early." Also mentioned in text, p. 388.
Tom Mix Western   9	Tom Mix Western	9	Mentioned in text, pp. 323-325. Overstreet incorrectly implies that Tom Mix #10 is mentioned in SOTI. However, #10 was not referenced in SOTI.	Top Secrets   7
	Top Secrets	7	Illo #21 with caption, "How to hurt people." Also used in text, p. 90.
Trapped!   0	Trapped!	0	Mentioned in text, pp. 256, 350	True Crime Comics   v1#2
	True Crime Comics	v1#2	Illo #11 with caption, "Pity was the keynote when Homer described dragging a dead body behind a chariot. Dragging living people to death is described without pity in children's comics." Also illo #13 with caption, "A sample of the injury-to-the-eye motif.". Also used in text, pp. 81, 82. One story was reprinted in True Crime v2#1, and Wertham saw the story in both places.
True Crime Comics   v1#4	True Crime Comics	v1#4	Overstreet notes this as a SOTI book. That information appears to be incorrect.	True Crime Comics   v2#1
	True Crime Comics	v2#1	Illo #11 with caption, "Pity was the keynote when Homer described dragging a dead body behind a chariot. Dragging living people to death is described without pity in children's comics." Also used in text, pp. 81, 82. One story was reprinted from True Crime v1#2, and Wertham saw the story in both places.
Underworld   2	Underworld	2	Mentioned in text, p. 95	Wanted   12
	Wanted	12	Mentioned in text, p. 277
Wanted   35	Wanted	35	Mentioned in text, p. 160	Web of Evil   1
	Web of Evil	1	Mentioned in text, p. 388
Weird Fantasy   16	Weird Fantasy	16	Mentioned in text, p. 144	Weird Mysteries   7
	Weird Mysteries	7	Illo #35 with caption, "Indeed." Also illo #36 with caption,"Sex and blood."
Weird Science   19	Weird Science	19	Illo #22, #23, #24 with caption, "A young girl on her wedding night stabs her sleeping husband to death with a hatpin when she realizes that he comes from a distant planet and is a 'mammal'."	Western Adventures   3
	Western Adventures	3	Mentioned in text, p. 30, 31. An example of the injury-to-the-eye motif.
Wild Boy of the Congo   v1#10	Wild Boy of the Congo	v1#10	Mentioned in text, p. 189	Women Outlaws   1
	Women Outlaws	1	Illo #7 with caption, "Giving children an image of American womanhood."
Wonder Woman   49	Wonder Woman	49	Mentioned in text, p. 234, 236	X-Mas Comics   6
	X-Mas Comics	6	One online resource says this contains a rebound Captain Video #1 and #2. Another online resource indicates that this was printed concurrently with the books contained in it, and it is not a rebinding of other books. Either way, this book contains Captain Video #2 and is therefore a SOTI book.
Your United States   nn	Your United States	nn	Mentioned in text, pp. 309, 310.	Zoot   14
	Zoot	14	Mentioned in text, p. 104.

 

	Post-Code Reprints of SOTI books Most of these are not noted in Overstreet as SOTI books.
	Title	Issue	Where used in SOTI
	All EC's		Every EC book listed above was reprinted at least twice: once in the hardbound sets of the 70's and once in the 1990s' Russ Cochran reprints. Some were reprinted additional times as well.
	THE BEST OF HORROR & SCIENCE FICTION	NN	1990's (?) reprint of SOTI book
	BLACK CAT	63	Reprints "Black Cat's Judo Tricks", used in SOTI
	BLACK CAT	64	Reprints "Black Cat's Judo Tricks", used in SOTI
	BLACK CAT	65	Reprints "Black Cat's Judo Tricks", used in SOTI
	BLACK CAT: The Origins	1	Reprints Black Cat #27
	DREAM OF LOVE	8	Reprints two Jon Juan stories by Siegel and Schomburg, from Jon Juan #1
	GHOUL TALES	4	Reprints "The Way to a Man's Heart" from Weird Mysteries #7, renamed "Mother's Advice"
	JUNGLE ADVENTURES	12	Reprints Zoot #14. Thanks to eBay user atomic-age-man for informing us that this is a SOTI book.
	MR. MONSTER'S TRUE CRIME	2	Reprints True Crime #2
	SHOCK	V1#2	Reprints "More Deadly Than Male" from Weird Mysteries #7
	TEENAGED DOPE SLAVES AND REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS TPB	nn	Reprints a SOTI goldmine! Reform School Girl, Trapped! and Teenage Dope Slaves, as well as non-SOTI stories like Lucky Fights it Through and other gems!
	3-D SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT	2	Reprints "More Deadly Than Male" from Weird Mysteries #7, in 3-D

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All-Top #14

Authentic Police Cases #3

Authentic Police Cases #6

Black Cat Comics #27

Black Cat Mystery #36

Black Cat Mystery #39

Blue Beetle #56

Captain Video #2

Crime and Punishment #2

Crime and Punishment #3

Crime Clinic #3

Chamber of Chills #7

Dagar, Desert Hawk #19

Martin Kane #4

Meet Corliss Archer #3

Murder Incorporated #8

Murder Incorporated #9

Out of this World Adventures #2

Planet Comics #53

Rulah #22

Strange Worlds #2

Tegra #1

Western Adventures #3

Women Outlaws #1