Confidential File: Horror Comics (1955)

Overview : 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.

Release Date : October 9, 1955

Runtime : 25m

Genre : Documentary, TV Movie, Crime  

Companies : KTTV Los Angeles

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : comic book, juvenile delinquent, ec comics, pearl clutching, moral outrage, comics code authority