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Saturday, 5th June 2010

New Article from NARA: The Congressional Archives

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1954, a Senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquency met to discuss "the problem of horror and crime comic books." Over three days of hearings, numerous experts were called to testify whether comics of the day were contributing to increased violent crimes in teens. Doctors testified that "most of the children that we do see at the psychiatric services of the court are reading comic books." The New York State joint legislative committee claimed "The reading of crime comics stimulates sadistic and masochistic attitudes." Certain magazines were cataloged as examples of "disturbing" and "sadistic" comics.

Someone, or something, was to blame.

This is why the Center for Legislative Archives now holds in its records issue #1 of Mad magazine, and other comic books like Planet of Terror. They were submitted as a piece of evidence to display the corrupting characteristics inherent in the "printed poison" of comic books.

Moments such as this remain important in our American journey. The Senate may have never determined the cause of juvenile delinquency, and many Americans may not remember that comic books were ever a national issue of immorality in today's digital age. But the documents that capture this moment and the other half-billion pages of documents held at the Center for Legislative Archives are like a national diary, cataloging moments—their emotions, activities, and concerns. It's the Center for Legislative Archives' job to ensure those moments in Congress are preserved, comic books included.

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