Banned book week is coming up (Septemer 24th-September 30th) and I'm sure you've all got displays in mind, but while you're thinking about displays I've got a few things to remind you about. First of all, I will probably do a recommendation list for Banned Comics next week. For this week, I want to talk about something more important. The time the US government nearly banned the entire medium based on lies. Back in 1948, a man named Frederic Wertham began a full out attack on comic books. He began to study and look at juveniles who were reading comics and their links with violence, drugs, and sex. He posited that comic books were teaching kids to follow this criminal behavior and began an open war against comics. His early attacks lead to the creation of the original Batwoman (Kathy Kane) and Bat-Girl (Betty Kane) to show that Batman and Robin were not homosexual and there was nothing untoward about their relationship. His actions and eventually book, The Seductio...
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