![]() ![]() Related: Tennessee School Board Issues Statement Defending Maus Ban Congress responded by pressuring comic book publishers to oversee the content in their books, leading to the creation of the Comic Code Authority. ![]() The Seduction of the Innocent paved the way for widespread cultural hysteria, leading to citizens partaking in the public burning of comic books and Wertham to claim that comics were “more dangerous than Hitler.” This was all happening during the era of McCarthyism, and the U.S. His book made many unsubstantiated claims including an assertation that Superman encouraged violent behavior by teaching children that they could solve all their problems through violence, and that the depictions of Batman and Robin promoted homosexual relationships with children. Despite their mainstream popularity, Wertham believed comic books to be the reason for these children’s aggressive behavior. Wertham was a psychiatrist who worked in Harlem, treating juvenile delinquents, whom he noticed all read comic books. ![]()
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