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Seduction of the Innocent: The Influence of Comic Books on Today's Youth

by Fredric Wertham · 1954

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Result of 7 years of scientific investigation into the effects that comic books have on the minds and behavior of children who come in contact with them. His ideas on the harmful effects created by media-induced violence resonate with those who are concerned by the searing of our cultural fabric.

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