This post on Golden Age Comic Book Stories gives a hint why parents in the 1940-50's may have worried about the effects comic books had on kids. The stories from these six issues of Crime Does Not Pay may have a moral consistent with their title, but the images are more graphic than I would have thought for kids in the 1940's. 
Friday, March 30, 2012
Crime Does Not Pay Comics
This post on Golden Age Comic Book Stories gives a hint why parents in the 1940-50's may have worried about the effects comic books had on kids. The stories from these six issues of Crime Does Not Pay may have a moral consistent with their title, but the images are more graphic than I would have thought for kids in the 1940's.
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