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It's 1954, and a rabble-rousing social critic has declared war on comic books - especially the scary, gory, bloody sort published by the bad boys of the industry, EF Comics. But on the way to a Senate hearing on whether these depraved publications should be banned, the would-be censor meets a violent end of his own - leaving his opponents in hot water. Can Jack Starr, private eye to the funny-book industry, and his beautiful boss Maggie unravel the secret of Dr. Frederick's gruesome demise? Or will the crackdown come, falling like an executioner's axe...?… (plus d'informations)
My biggest beef with this book is that it was published under the Hard Case Crime label, and no crime takes place in the first half of the story! How is that "hard-boiled crime fiction"? What this book is is a fictionalized account of comic book trials in the 1950's. And reading the "Tip of the Fedora" after the story made me think that an actual non-fiction book about the same topic might actually be interesting! But this book just seemed like an author taking a subject of interest to him, and trying to make a "crime" story out of it. Unsuccessfully, in my opinion. ( )
Seduction of the Innocent is a title taken right from Frederic Wertham's book crusading against the evil influence of comic books. Dr. Wertham's book challenged the comic book industry for its depictions of violence, drug use, etc. and argued that it was a cause of juvenile delinquency. Wertham eventually appeared before Senator Kefauver's Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. Collins' book is a fictionalized account of that time and of Wertham's fight with the comic book industry. It is a clever parody of Wertham, who in Collins' book is Dr. Werner Frederick. Collins takes the fictionalized story and expands it into a novel that is not only set in the fifties, but conveys the feel and tone of a hardboiled novel of the time.
Jack Starr and his father's widow, Maggie, run a publisher that syndicates comic strips for newspapers across the country. One of the comic writers that they work with has volunteered to testify before the Subcommittee following Dr. Frederick. Jack, who is a private eye with a license to carry, has as part of his functions, getting his writers and artists out of trouble. So he accompanies the witness. The first part of the story is a little slow in getting going as it is concerned with the minutiae of who is who in the comic book industry. The second part really gets going with murder, mobsters, femme fatales, and bare-knuckle brawls. The book is great, although it varies a bit from the usual Collins' work. ( )
Murder mystery that takes place in the 1950's during the height of the war on comics. This is a good mystery by the always reliable Max Allan Collins. It mixes history with a mystery and is very successful. Highly recommend. ( )
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I am convinced that in some way or other the democratic process will assert itself and comic books will go.
Dr. Fredric Wertham
Most of my major disappointments have turned out to be blessings in disguise.
William Gaines
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For the real Seduction of the Innocent —
Bill Mumy
Miguel Ferrer
Steve Leialoha
Chris Christensen
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Screw Hollywood. In the spring of 1954, New York is the entertainment capital of America.
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I majored in drinking and coeds in college, and did such a fine job of it, I flunked the hell out.
"But it's hard even to imagine, isn't it," he went on, in his thick accent and perfect English, "any adult or even adolescent who has outgrown comic books ever dreaming of keeping any of those garish pamphlets over time, out of sentiment or any other reason."
"This," he was saying, his eyes cold and glittering, lost in themselves, "is a reprehensible exhibition of the Nazi theme of the superman. A dangerous celebration of the triumph of power and violence over the logical and intellectual."
I wanted to point out to this dope that the creators of Wonder Guy were Jews, kids from Des Moines who came to the big city. Where other Jews screwed them, but that's another story.
"I am a publisher." His chin jutted.
Probably the guy who said he regretted having only one life to give for his country had a chin that jutted just like that — made it easier to slip the rope around.
Smart, beautiful, stacked, and if that sounds like I'm a rogue, let me remind you that I put "smart" first on that list.
On easels were two dozen blow-ups of full-color comic book covers: Tales from the Vault, Fighting Crime, Weird Fantastic Science, Suspense Crime Stories, Weird Terror, True Criminals, Beware!, and more. Starring in these poster-size exhibits were walking corpses, machine-gunning gangsters, rampaging werewolves, drooling space creatures, and leggy gun molls showing off their .38 revolvers and heaving "headlights."
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That was 1961, the year Marvel Comics made a splash with Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, revitalizing the comic-book industry, just in time for Pete Pine to miss it.
It's 1954, and a rabble-rousing social critic has declared war on comic books - especially the scary, gory, bloody sort published by the bad boys of the industry, EF Comics. But on the way to a Senate hearing on whether these depraved publications should be banned, the would-be censor meets a violent end of his own - leaving his opponents in hot water. Can Jack Starr, private eye to the funny-book industry, and his beautiful boss Maggie unravel the secret of Dr. Frederick's gruesome demise? Or will the crackdown come, falling like an executioner's axe...?
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