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Confidential File: Horror Comics

Seduction Of The Innocent

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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.

Directed byIrvin Kershner

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Released
Runtime
0h 25m
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EN
Released
October 9, 1955
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KTTV Los Angeles

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Confidential File: Horror Comic Books!

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Estes Kefauver

Paul Coates

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Irvin Kershner
Irvin Kershner

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