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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. | |||
 
|   | 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 |