COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Classics Illustrated 44
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Grade:
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6.0
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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0085851008
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Owner:
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GAM
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Classics Illustrated #44, featuring the Mysteries of Paris story, is referenced in Fredric Wertham’s “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) in the text on page 323.On page 323 Wertham describes how comic book publishers use “libel laws” to intimidate and harass comic book critics. He cites the Mysteries of Paris storyline from Classics Illustrated #44 as an example “even the libel laws can be and are used against the interests of children. Writers and editors are really frightened that the powerful comic-book industry will use these laws against its critics. I had two experiences of my own. I had written that in the ‘good’ comic book The Mysteries of Paris blood shows beneath the bandage of a man whose eyes have been gouged out. The publisher demanded a retraction. But I stood my ground, because the blood was there”.I have included a scan of the page from Classics Illustrated #44 that contains the bandaged man that Wertham describes.
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