Seduction Productions
Famous Crimes 19

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Famous Crimes #19 Universal
Grade: 6.0
Page Quality: CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
Certification #: 0179908012
Owner: GAM

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: Seduction Productions
Date Added: 7/18/2020
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Famous Crimes #19 is referenced in Fredric Wertham’s “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) in the text on page 96.

Wertham describes the stories in Famous Crimes #19 as follows “Many children have told me that lynching is all right and have shown me examples from their comic books. In once such story the townspeople get together, hunt the criminal and he is finally shot and killed. The lesson is in the last sentence: ‘The story of Lee Gillon proves that fearless people banded together will always see that justice triumphs.’ In the same book, a man slaps a girl’s face and says ‘Give me trouble and you’ll have a board full of spikes smashed into your kisser’”.

These stories references are contained in Famous Crimes #19. The “Lee Gillon” reference comes from the story “The Whole Town Lied!” and the “board full of spikes” comes from a panel contained in the “Dutch Schultz Crime Was His Business” story.
 
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