Project Questions
- Why were crime and horror comics considered destructive to children and youth? On what psychological and other grounds did the opponents of comics base their arguments? What remedies did they propose?
- What arguments were mustered to counter the call for censorship or regulation of the industry? Is this argument similar to contemporary disagreements about “hate speech”?
- Central Question: To what extent did culture, in the form of comic books, influence juvenile delinquency rates in the 1950s?