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In the 1950s, America declared war on the comic book. People feared that theyโ€™d turn children into hardened criminals, and so opponents burned them in large piles, states banned them, and the U.S. Senate investigated their dangers.

1945: The Press: Are Comics Fascist? - TIMEtrello1945

โ€œThe U.S.โ€”moppets and moppet-minded grownupsโ€”buys some 25,000,000 comic books each month. Are they good for children? Those who say yes include Dr. Lauretta Bender, psychiatrist at New York City's Bellevue Hospital, and an adviser to the editors of Superman. Her opinion: "The comics may be said to offer the same type of mental catharsis to their readers that Aristotle claimed was an attribute of the drama.โ€

๐Ÿ”— content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,778464,00.html

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