How Comics Almost Died 70 Years Ago: Wonder Woman 'Torturing Men,' Batman's 'Homoerotic Tendencies,' and More Misguided Theories
In the spring of 1954, the book Seduction of the Innocent by Dr. Fredric Wertham and a Senate investigation into juvenile delinquency led to an anti-comics scare, the effects of which are still felt today.
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