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Batman 53 |
| Item: |
Batman 53 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
3918762022
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Owner Comments
Batman #53 is referenced in Fredric Wertham’s “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) in the text on page 236.
On page 236, Wertham describes a comic as follows “In vain does one look in comic books for seeds of constructive work or of ordinary home life. I have never seen in any of the crime, superman, adventure, space, horror, etc., comic books a normal family sitting down at a meal. I have seen an elaborate, charming breakfast scene, but it was between Batman and his boy, complete with checkered tablecloth, milk, cereal, fruit juice, dressing-gown and newspaper”.
The Batman breakfast scene comes from a panel in the story "A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole in the Ground!" contained in Batman 53.
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| Slot: |
Batman 64 |
| Item: |
Batman 64 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1012345005
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Owner Comments
Batman #64 is referenced in Fredric Wertham’s “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) on page 191.Chapter VII of the SOTI examines the effect comics book have on the “psycho-sexual development of children”. As a part of his analysis, Wertham provides several examples of the homoerotic nature of Batman and Robin stories and one such example is contained in Batman #64 – “In these stories there are practically no decent, attractive, successful women. A typical female character is the Catwoman, who is vicious and uses a whip. The atmosphere is homosexual and anti-feminine. If the girl is good-looking she is undoubtedly the villainess. If she is after Bruce Wayne, she will have no chance against Dick. For instance, Bruce and Dick go out one evening in dinner clothes, dressed exactly alike. The attractive girl makes up to Bruce while in successive pictures young Dick looks on smiling, sure of Bruce.” As shown by the attached scan, Batman #64 contains the story that Wertham describes on page 191 of the SOTI.
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| Slot: |
Batman 67 |
| Item: |
Batman 67 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0193325003
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Owner Comments
While not yet recognized by Overstreet, Batman #67 is referenced in Fredric Wertham’s “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) in the text on pages 190-191 (refer to the website www.lostsoti.org for more details on this SOTI reference).
Chapter VII of the SOTI examines the effect comics book have on the “psycho-sexual development of children”. As a part of his analysis, Wertham provides several examples of the homoerotic nature of Batman and Robin stories and provides the following description of one such story “Like the girls in other stories, Robin is sometimes held captive by the villains and Batman has to give in or ‘Robin gets killed.’” Batman #67, as shown in the attached scan, contains the exact story and quote that Wertham describes on pages 190-191 of the SOTI.
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| Slot: |
Batman 74 |
| Item: |
Batman 74 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1171558008
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Owner Comments
Batman #74 is referenced in Geoffrey Wagner’s “Parade of Pleasure” (POP) on page 90.
On page 90, Wagner describes Batman as follows “Batman is another of these Fuhrer incarnations, hooded, begauntleted with a strong right in place of the normal processes of the law. However, I did notice that in his swank Gotham City apartment he is undemocratic enough to employ a butler. He has a young and adoring help, called Robin, and his enemy is again often the intellectual. In Batman no 74 he has three villains to cope with, all of them brainy, and the first, called ‘The Joker’, ends up in a padded cell, the proper place, presumably, in the universe for those who think. As Batman dives on his second victim in the final act of ‘justice’, he tells him that none may escape Batman’s law – and delivers a haymaker with his left.
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