Censorship of Comics Bibliography

"Obscene and Other Questionable Comics Are Targets for a series of Albany Bills" in The New York Times, p. 2, 21. 2/18/1953.

"Horror’ Books Banned," in The New York Times, pp. 5, 20. 9/23/1954.

American Library Association. "American Book Publishers Council Conference on the Freedom to Read," April 23, 1953.

Comics Code Authority Comics Code (1955).

Crist. "Horror in the Nursery," from Collier’s, March 27, 1948, p. 22.

Frank. "Comics, Radio, Movies--and Children." Public Affairs Comm., Pamphlet No. 148 (1949).

McNickle. "Policing the Comics," I Editorial Research Reports 223 (1952).

Southtown (Ill.) Economist, July 18, 1954, p. 1 "The Shocking Story of CRIME AGAINST YOUTH." This kicked off a state-wide campaign against comics. Further articles were in the August 1, August 4, August 11, August 18, August 22, and July 28, 1954, editions, all on the front page.

Wertham, Frederick. "What Parents Don’t Know," from Ladies’ Home Journal, Nov. 1953, p. 50.

Wertham, Frederick. "Blueprints to Delinquency," from Reder’s Digest, May 1954, p. 24.

Wertham, Frederick. "It’s Still Murder," from Saturday Review of Literature, April 9, 1955, p. 11.

"Are Comics Horrible?" in Newsweek, p. 60. 5/3/1954.
Crime/Horror Comics: Gives an overview of the Senate hearings held to determine whether comics are harmful to minors. Overviews the history of comics; the testimony of William M. Gaines, a publisher of horror comics; and the testimony of Dr. Fredric Wertham, a New York City psychiatrist adamantly opposed to comics.

"Horror Comics" in Time, p. 78. 5/3/1954.
Crime/Horror Comics: Overviews the testimony heard by the three-man Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency.

Gibbs, Wolcott. "Keep Those Paws to Yourself, Space Rat!" in The New Yorker, 5/8/1954.
Crime/Horror Comics: A detailed breakdown and review of Dr. Werthams book, Seduction of the Innocent, and it’s implications on comics.

"Horror on the Newsstands" in Time, p.77. 9/27/1954.
Crime/Horror Comics: a wake of self-censorship and local anti-comics laws are spawned by the Senate hearings on comics.

"Horror’ Books Banned," in The New York Times, pp. 5, 20. 9/23/1954.

Wagner, Geoffrey. Parade of Pleasure, Library Publishers, 8 West 40th Street, New York, 1955.

Wertham, Frederick. Seduction of the Innocent, (1954).

"Battling Crime Comics to Protect Youth," 19 Federal Probation 26 (September, 1955).

"Censorship of Obscene Literature By Informal Governmental Action," 22 University of Chicago Law Review 216, (1954).

"The Citizen’s Committee and Comic-Book Control: A Study of Extragovernmental Restraint," Law and Contemporary Problems, Volume 20, 1955.

"Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency, Interim Report," 84th Cong., 1st Session 33 (1955).

"Comic Book Regulation," Legislative Problems No. 2 University of California, p. 7 (1955).

"Crime Comics and the Constitution," 7 Stan. L. Rev 237, (1955).

"Crime Comic Books: Goverment Control and Their Impact On Juvenile Conduct," 7 Mercer Law Review, 331 (1956).

"Delinquency, Comic Books and the Law," 18 Ohio State Law Journal 513 (1957).

"Hearings Before the Select Committee of the House of Representatives on Current Pornographic Materials." 82d Congress, 2d Session 76 (1952).

"Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary," 83d Congress, 2d Session 91 (1954).

"Comic Books and Juvenile Deliquency: Interim Report of the Committee on the judiciary," 84th Congress, 1st Session (1954)

5 Juvenile Court Judges Journal 4 (1954)

"The Law of Obscenity," 38 Minnesota Law Review 295, (1954).

New York 1952 Legal Document No. 64 "Report of the New York State Joint Legislative Committee to Study the Prohibition of Comics."

New York Legislative Document No. 15 (1951).

New York Legislative Document No. 37 (1954).

New York State Legislative Annual, 1952 (p. 419).

New York State Legislative Annual, 1955 (pp 25-35).

"Obscenity in the Courts," 20 Law and Contemporary Problems 596 (1955).

"Regulation of Comic Books," 68 Harvard Law Review 489 (1955).

"A Seal of Approval for Comic Books," 19 Federal Probation 19 (June, 1955).

Connecticutt General Statutes, Section 3293d (1955 Supp).

Georgia Code Ann. Sections 26--63A (1953).

Maryland Crime Comic Books Act, Md. Ann. Code art. 27 section 420-425, as amended 1959, ch. 197, 1959 Md. Laws 253.

Massachusetts Ann. Laws c. 272 Sections 28--30 (Supp. 1953).

National Institue of Municipal Law Officers, NIMLO Model Ordinance Service, Rhyne, ed., Washington, D.C. (1954), for model comic statute.

NY Law of April 29, 1955, Ch. 836, @ 541 (1955).

New York Penal Code Section 1141 (2) (1941).

Oklahoma city Ordinance No. 7371 (1954).

Ohio Revised Code, Section 2903.10.

Washington Comic Code: Act of Mar. 18, 1955, ch. 282, 1955 Washinton Acts 1231.

Adams v. Hinckle, 51 Wash. 2d 763; 322 P.2d 844 (1958).

J. Katzev et al., Appellants, v. County of Los Angeles et al., Respondents, 52 Cal. 2d 360; 341 P.2d 310 (1959).

Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476, 77 S.Ct. 1304, 1 L.Ed.2d 1498 (1957).

Kingsley Books v. Brown, 354 U.S. 436 (1957).