(Free read ebook) Seduction of the Innocent

Seduction of the Innocent

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A fine readBy Randy OwensI iBcn7N43n
had wanted this book for years. I know the original copy is pretty expensive. I smK0LFowo
was more than glad to be able to get a reprint of this book. I have been yYBYF6oSz
collecting comic books since 1979, it is interesting to find out why the comics RJENDmOEs
code was used. The comic code has been retired I think in 2011.When I sat LHjEHA40x
down to read this book, I found it a bit boring at first, but after I got into it more RB3wYltAF
I found all the aspects of it interesting and it makes me want to actually buy old VcIecV6NN
comics before the code. (of course not its intent)8 of 10 people found the D2nJcFoqr
following review helpful. A Revelation...By Richie JinglesI've read ABOUT this CivyO5bY8
book since I was 14, almost 60 now... it was always portrayed as the obsessed ksoF84P7X
work of a close minded blue nose censor who HATED comic books and did his miYig5oZx
best to gut and derail an artistic industry that produced wonderful work before bp8SwOlX1
he stuck his big nose in...As usual, some truth, and a huge amount of E8IlWVoxA
exaggeration on both sides of the issue. It is true that he DID hate comic books BnhEgyYj1
with a vengence and blamed them for the juvenile delinquents he treated in his
pysch clinics and private practice... and it's true that he read all kinds of evil,
racism,and homosexual influence into the most innocent (to the vast majority of
us readers) superheros we all loved..THAT"s all true.. To me, Superman
personified the power of GOOD...after all he stood for truth, justice and the
American way! Right next to God himself in my child's mind---he fought evil,
was incapable of evil---that's the perspective of an all american boy of the
1950's--- Understanding Wertham's perspective makes his viewpoint easier to
understand--he was a German jew who escaped from the nazis. The concept of
"UBERMENSCH"--german for SUPERMAN was written by Hitler's favorite
philosopher--- Friedrich Nietzche(sic). Superman came from a SUPER RACE,
he wore a UNIFORM emblazoned with the BOLD symbol of an "S". Wertham
writes it might as well be an "SS"--you can see my point... BUT, he had a great
big point that all us rabid comic fans refused to admit for a generation--- there
really WERE TERRIBLY BAD comic books being published during the late 40's
and early 50's! A fact I did not glean from this book, but from reading reprints
of NON EC horror and especially CRIME DOES NOT PAY... THIS STUFF
REALLY WAS A HORRIBLE INFLUENCE ON KIDS! Unfortunatly, SOME of
the comic publishers of the day were driven strictly by sales reports ( well, they
all were, but the bottom were even more unscrupulous...) and as crime and
horror themes sold well, the books got more and more extreme, eventually
tarring the whole industry. Reading Wertham's perspective on the matter is