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Lawbreakers Always Lose 7 |
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Lawbreakers Always Lose 7 Universal |
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CGC |
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0323691013
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Owner Comments
Lawbreakers Always Lose #7 is referenced in Fredric Wertham’s “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) in illustration #3 with the caption “Comic-book philosophy”.
Illustration #3 shows the title panel for the story “Kid Melton the Killer without a Friend”. In this panel, Kid Melton is pictured stating his philosophy “I don’t need nobody! I’d stick a shiv in my best friends back if it would get me an easy buck! Friendship is for suckers! Loyalty – that’s for jerks!”
In addition to the SOTI, Wertham used this example during his testimony to the U.S. Senate in 1954: “In connection with the ethical confusion that these crime comic books cause, I would like to show you this picture which has the comic book philosophy in the slogan a the beginning, ‘Friendship is for Suckers! Loyalty – that is for Jerks.”
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