![]() It was the era of McCarthyism, rampant paranoia, and misplaced fears and blame. But in 1954 the devious doctor published Seduction of the Innocent, which claimed that these 10¢, 4-color periodicals were actually leading these youths to lives of depravity and debauchery. As an entertainment medium, comics were the digital devices of their day: Sales could be counted in hundreds of millions, and more than 80% of kids and 90% of teens were reading them. ![]() Wertham was an anti-comic book crusader who did some serious damage back in the 1950s. Since this is Banned Books Week, I’ve come to bury Dr.
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