Designed for Delinquency
1955 US Senate Report
COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description: |
Universal
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Grade:
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7.0
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE
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Certification #: |
0062062003
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Owner:
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GAM
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
In 1954 and 1955 the U.S. Senate convened hearings and issued a report on comic books and juvenile delinquency. Noteworthy participants in the hearings included Fredric Wertham, author of the book “Seduction of the Innocent” and William Gaines, publisher of EC Comics.
Panic #3, published by EC Comics, contains a story that parodies the Senate hearings. The parody appears on page 8 of the opening story “Li’l Melvin”. The Li’l Melvin story parodies the comic strip “Li'l Abner" and the last page of this story, entitled “Li’l Melvin… A Threat to America”, mocks the Senate hearings through absurd examples of subliminal messages contained in the Li’l Melvin story. For example, one panel describes a cow from the story being Melvin’s Mother’s Cow or “Ma’s Cow” which is code for Moscow and communist propaganda.
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