Seduction Productions
Crime Does Not Pay 76
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Comic Description:
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Crime Does Not Pay 76
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Grade:
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8.0
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Page Quality:
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CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
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Certification #:
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0987690004
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Owner:
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GAM
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Owner's Description
While not yet recognized by Overstreet, Crime Does Not Pay #76 is referenced in Fredric Wertham’s “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) on pages 98-99.In this section of the SOTI, Wertham criticizes the attempts of publishers to moralize the crime deterrent effect of crime based comic books. In particular, he calls out a comic book with the “crime does not pay” slogan and references an attack on his position as offered up in a crime comic “When I pointed out the hypocrisy of the “Crime does not pay” slogan and its bad effect on children, the industry accused me of ‘unfairness’ in attacking their highest endeavors and introduced some more slogan morality. In one comic book are two pages by a police captain attacking me: ‘Don’t let reformers kid you!’ He is ‘shocked by what I read today about the people who condemn crime comics. These people are the menace.’ He goes on: ‘Children don’t like to be kicked around by reformers who want to decide what’s good for them to read.’ And he extols ‘the strong moral force’ the comics exert on children.’”Wertham’s reference to a two page essay by a police captain is contained in Crime Does Not Pay #76. The essay, entitled “Don’t Let Reformers Kid You…” was written by Captain Felix L. Lynch. In addition to Crime Does Not Pay #76, this piece also appeared in Crime and Punishment #16. I have included a scan of the first page Captain Lynch’s essay.
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