Seduction Productions
Tex Morgan 9
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Tex Morgan 9 Universal
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Grade:
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8.5
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Pedigree:
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The Promise Collection
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Certification #:
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1974640006
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Owner:
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GAM
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Tex Morgan #9 is referenced in Fredric Wertham’s “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) in the text on page 30.
On page 30, Wertham describes a western comic as follows “For example, one marked on the cover as ‘Your Favorite Western Star’ has an ‘arsenal advertisement’ on the inside cover with the endorsement of _________ M.D., psychiatrist, on the page facing it. On the back cover is a full-page gun advertisement with a gun pictured across the whole page. This book is especially badly printed, and shows, among other things, the close-up of a dying man with blood streaming from his mouth.”
The reference to the psychiatrist endorsement tags this as a Marvel Western. Beginning in early 1949, Marvel began using the splash page banner "Editorial Consultant: Jean Thompson, M.D., Psychiatrist" to tout their books were fit for children to read. A check of Marvel westerns published with the Jean Thompson, M.D. banner identifies Tex Morgan #9, published 2/1950, as the only book that matches the identification keys in Wertham's description.
Tex Morgan #9 is the only Marvel western that has the wording "Your Favorite Western Star" on the front cover. The back cover exactly matches Wertham's description of "a full-page gun advertisement with a gun pictured across the whole page". The interior cover has advertisements picturing 4 guns and this matches Wertham’s description of “an arsenal advertisement on the inside cover”. The splash page opposite the interior cover has the endorsement of “Editorial Consultant: Jean Thompson, M.D., Psychiatrist” that matches Wertham’s description. The comic is of low-quality printing matching Wertham's description and the interior story "Fury in the Shadows" has a “close-up of a dying man with blood streaming from his mouth” that Wertham described.
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