by Joe Palmer | Dec 1, 2018 | Articles
In which Wertham mentions Krafft-Ebing and Havelock Ellis. Pre-adolescence and adolescence are manifestly the most difficult periods in children’s sexual development. This is so not only on account of the maturing of the sexual instinct, as is commonly supposed,...
by Gay League | Jul 20, 2016 | Articles
Here’s a random quote from Frederic Wertham’s Seduction of The Innocent, the book that led to Senate sub committee hearings which helped bring down a number of comics publishers. This excerpt appears on pages 104 and 10 of chapter 4, titled The Wrong...
by Gay League | May 12, 2016 | Articles
“I WANT TO BE A SEX MANIAC!” That’s the in your face title to chapter 7 of dear Frederic Wertham’s Seduction of the Innocent. Here’s a juicy part from pages 174 and 175. Enjoy! Pre-adolescence and adolescence are manifestly the most...
by Joe Palmer | Jun 25, 2015 | Articles
The Lesbian counterpart of Batman may be found in the stories of Wonder Woman and Black Cat. The homosexual connotation of the Wonder Woman type of story is psychologically unmistakable. The Psychiatric Quarterly deplored in an editorial the “appearance of an...
by Joe Palmer | Nov 5, 2013 | Reviews
Nicky Wright Carlton Books $24.95 US/ $26.95 Canada Wright’s untimely death around the time of the book’s original publication in 2000 has kept the author’s name from becoming better known in the areas of comics history and journalism. That is a pity...
