Seduction Productions
Crime Clinic 3

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Crime Clinic #3 Universal
Grade: 7.5
Page Quality: WHITE
Pedigree: Edgar Church (Mile High)
Certification #: 1277751001
Owner: GAM

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: Seduction Productions
Date Added: 7/16/2018
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Crime Clinic #3 is referenced in Fredric Wertham’s “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) in the text on page 18.

Wertham criticizes the lessons that crime comics teach children and provides an example from Crime Clinic #3 “This is the beginning of a comic book story in which a ‘hood’ teaches two little boys: ‘If you kids wanna learn to be like me, you gotta be tough! Never give the other guy an even break!’ He shows them a well dressed young boy. They proceed to threaten this boy and he hands over his money to them. But that does not satisfy the tough teacher. He bangs their heads together and exclaims: ‘You always have to slug ‘em! Remember that!’ This is the lesson of crime comics.”

These quotes come from the story “The Padre in Feet of Clay”. The story does indeed show tough guy Frank Purdy teaching two kids the life of crime. But a kindly priest, known as the “Padre”, steps in to guide the youths show the true colors of Frank Purdy and a life of crime.
 
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