Seduction of the Innocent, published in 1954 by psychiatrist Dr. Frederic Wertham was one of the most impactful events in comic book history, leading to censorship in comics and the establishment of the Comics Code Authority  This category lists issues that were referenced in the book with Wertham's reasons for why comic books were damaging to the youth of America

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Marvel ⋅ 1952
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$30
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$100
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$300

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: examples of how to commit multiple crimes

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$300
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$1k
High
$3k

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: implication that the United States tests biological weapons on African natives

Reprinted story from Rulah the Jungle Goddess #21

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$75
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$210
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$750

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a boy dies after being tied to the mast of a ship while being lashed by the laughing captain

Ziff-Davis ⋅ 1952
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$18
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$55
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$180

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a criminal mentors two boys, instructing them to punch a man that they robbed, regardless of his cooperation

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$60
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$160
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$550

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: sexual innuendo, reprint of Authentic Police Cases #6

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$80
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$250
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$875

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a man is severely beaten by the police while the real killer, a high-ranking cop, gets away with murder

Low
$190
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$775
High
$1.9k

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority, a doctor goes on a murder spree in an effort to assemble his ideal woman comprised of dismembered body parts

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Pines ⋅ 1952
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$25
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$70
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$225

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a seventeen-year old girl seduces a man, robs then kills him

Quality ⋅ 1952
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$230
Mid
$925
High
$2.3k

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: the famous death scene in Shakespeare's Hamlet is rewritten

Low
$95
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$335
High
$980

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a woman who is revealed to be a vampire, fondly recalls the death of prisoners in a concentration camp

Lev Gleason ⋅ 1953
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$30
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$100
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$315

Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: an illustration of the Statue of Liberty with text that describes a criminal's journey in America

Canadian Edition ⋅ Superior ⋅ 1953
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$25
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$85
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$450

Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: injury to eye

Quality ⋅ 1953
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$10
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$30
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$100

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a story about a woman stealing a dress

Star ⋅ 1953
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$250
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$800
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$2.5k

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: inspires sexual deviance, reprinted from Inside Crime #2

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$85
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$225
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$850

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority, a woman stabs her husband to death in his sleep after realizing he is an alien

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$180
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$600
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$1.8k

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a gruesome baseball game played with dismembered body parts including the catcher's chest plate appearing to be naked breasts

Charlton ⋅ 1953
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$90
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$275
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$1k

Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a man stomps on another man's face with cleats

Canadian Edition ⋅ Superior ⋅ 1953
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$220
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$815
High
$2.2k

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: stories of bizarre acts of murder - a man kills his wife who is a werewolf

Stanley Morse ⋅ 1953
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$350
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$1.1k
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$3.5k

Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a woman is shown wearing only a bra and in another panel, a woman bites into a man's neck, drawing blood

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$160
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$525
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$1.6k

Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a man pours the poison used to kill his wife down the drain and avoids being charged for murder

Trojan ⋅ 1953
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$625
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$1.7k
High
$6.2k

Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a dead man is depicted with his face frozen in fear as onlookers notice his tongue has been ripped out

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$18
Mid
$55
High
$165

Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a man viciously slaps a woman yelling, "I'll teach you to do as your told!"

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$25
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$85
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$450

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: violence toward the police

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$600
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$1.8k
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$6k

Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Low
$25
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$75
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$240

Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: violence toward the police

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$50
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$150
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$700

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: 'The First Americans' story, reprinted from Rulah, Jungle Goddess #22

Ace ⋅ 1954
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$265
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$875
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$2.6k

Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: immoral violence for the sake of entertainment - a doctor drinks an elixir, turns into a monster and proceeds to go on a murder spree

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