Confidential File: Horror Comics (1955)

ALL 10/09/1955 (en) Documentary, TV Movie, Crime 25 Min
  • Release
    10/09/1955
  • Production
    KTTV Los Angeles
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  • Original title
    Confidential File: Horror Comics
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Seduction Of The Innocent

Overview

In 1954 the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency conducted an investigation into how the comic book industry was supposedly contributing to the moral decay of a nation's youth. The investigations were spurred on by a number of articles that blamed comics for the rise in juvenile delinquency in post-war America. Chief among the critics was Doctor Frederic Wertham, whose book, "Seduction of The Innocent" has been blamed for nearly single-handedly crippling the entire comics industry. "Confidential File" was aired in 1955, after the senate hearings and the formation of the Comics Code, but it serves as a perfect example of how the media reacted to the comic book industry, and sought a scape goat by blaming the comic book publications for society's own lack of responsibility in raising its children.

  1. Irvin Kershner

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Confidential File: Horror Comics (1955) 25 Min

ALL 10/09/1955 (en)
Documentary, TV Movie, Crime
  • Release 10/09/1955
  • Production
    KTTV Los Angeles
  • Original title Confidential File: Horror Comics
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Seduction Of The Innocent

Overview

In 1954 the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency conducted an investigation into how the comic book industry was supposedly contributing to the moral decay of a nation's youth. The investigations were spurred on by a number of articles that blamed comics for the rise in juvenile delinquency in post-war America. Chief among the critics was Doctor Frederic Wertham, whose book, "Seduction of The Innocent" has been blamed for nearly single-handedly crippling the entire comics industry. "Confidential File" was aired in 1955, after the senate hearings and the formation of the Comics Code, but it serves as a perfect example of how the media reacted to the comic book industry, and sought a scape goat by blaming the comic book publications for society's own lack of responsibility in raising its children.

  1. Irvin Kershner

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer