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In the 1940's and 1950's, comics were under attack by books, articles, and radio talk shows.

Since then, there have been sporadic attacks on comics. One such attack was launched in the pages of Seduction of the Innocent Revisited by John Fulce, published in 1990. Both SOTI and SOTI Revisited had authors with strong anti-comics opinions, and both books cited numerous examples of comics the authors felt were harmful. However, that's where the similiarities between the two books end. Whereas SOTI was written by a well-respected psychiatrist who had impeccable research and psychiatric credentials, SOTI Revisited cites as its author's primary credentials the fact that he previously owned a comic book store before becoming a religious crusader. The original Seduction of the Innocent had an enormous impact upon popular culture and nearly killed the comic book industry, but SOTI Revisited had virtually no impact whatsoever on the industry. "Revisited" is mentioned here largely because of its name, and not because the content or influence of the book warrants its inclusion.

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Editorial Responses to the attacks on comic books
Title Issue  
  ALL WESTERN WINNERS   3   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  BLONDE PHANTOM   22   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  CAPTAIN AMERICA   71   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  CINDY COMICS   33   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  CRIMEFIGHTERS   6   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  FRANKIE COMICS   13   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  GEORGIE COMICS   21   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  HEDY DEVINE COMICS   32   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  JUNIOR MISS   33   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  JUSTICE COMICS   8   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  KID COLT OUTLAW   4   Marvel's Anti-wertham editorial Read it!
  LAWBREAKERS ALWAYS LOSE   6   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  MARGIE   45   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  MISTER MYSTERY   3   Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  MITZI'S BOY FRIEND   6   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  MY ROMANCE   2   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  NELLIE THE NURSE   17   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!

No mention of this in Overstreet.
  PATSY WALKER   21   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  TEEN COMICS   30   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  TESSIE THE TYPIST   20   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  TEX TAYLOR   4   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!
  TWO-GUN KID   5   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial (1st?) Read it!
  WEIRD FANTASY   13   EC's Anti-Wertham "Cosmic Correspondence"
  WEIRD MYSTERIES   5   Anti-Wertham column
  WILD WESTERN   6   Marvel's Anti-Wertham editorial Read it!

Misc.
Title Issue  
  ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS   13   Cannibalism story cited by TE Murphy in article(s).
  CRIME DOES NOT PAY   63   Issues 63, 64- Possible use in SOTI
  HAUNT OF FEAR   27   Wertham cameo appearance
  JO-JO COMICS   15   Cited by Dr. Wertham in 5/47 Saturday Evening Post article
  JUNGLE COMICS   104   In Camilla story, villain is Dr. Wertham
  PANIC   3   Senate Subcommittee parody
  SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES   15   Used in 1954 Reader's Digest article
  SPIRIT   5   Wertham appears in the story as Dr. Wolfgang Worry. A middle school music teacher is driven insane by a crime comic he rescues from a bonfire. This is reprinted from the 2/27/1949 Spirit section.
  TALES FROM THE CRYPT   40   Used in Senate hearings & in Hartford Courant
  VAULT OF HORROR   36   "Pipe Dream" classic opium addict story
  WEIRD MYSTERIES   8   Used in a '54 Readers Digest anti-comics article

 

 
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