Diagram for Delinquents

In 1950, America was in a state of panic. Juvenile delinquency was destroying the very fabric of society. Ninety percent of all children were reading comic books.

In 1954, psychiatrist Dr.

Fredric Wertham wrote a scathing indictment of comics called Seduction of the Innocent which said comic books were the leading contributing factor to juvenile delinquency.

Comics were on trial.