CGC Registry

Seduction Productions


Set Type: Seduction of the Innocent Comics
Owner: GAM
Last Modified: 6/6/2020
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Award Time Rank: 1
Award Time Score: 38914


Set Description

My interest in the “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) stems from the role it played in killing the crime and horror comics of the early 1950s that in turn set the stage for the rebirth of superhero comics and the start of the silver age. The SOTI was a book published by psychiatrist Fredric Wertham in 1954. Wertham believed that comic books were a key cause of juvenile delinquency and used the SOTI to cite examples of how comic books were contributing to behavioral problems in children. The book was part of a growing movement in the 1950s to censor comics. After the SOTI was published, the censorship movement culminated with Congressional hearings and the comic industry voluntarily creating the Comics Code Authority (CCA) in 1954. The CCA’s censorship essentially killed the crime, terror and horror comics that were prevalent in the early 1950s. In the wake of these changes, the comics industry responded by reintroducing superhero comics with a new twist. Instead of the authoritative fatherly figures of the 1940s, silver age superheroes were flawed and self-doubting. Marvel Comics in particular capitalized on this new genre of superhero by publishing highly imaginative stories with strong characterization. While I’m no fan of censorship, silver age Marvels are the comics that I enjoy collecting the most and I appreciate the historical role that the SOTI played in transitioning comics away from crime and horror towards the stronger story telling and character development of the silver age.

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Slot DescriptionThe Comics Registry IDComic GradeScore Updated
A-1 Comics (Guns of Fact and Fiction) 13 1053060001 9.2 570 12/23/2016
All-Famous Crime 9 1156987010 7.0 105 6/14/2015
All-Top 14 0147132001 7.0 440 5/2/2015
Authentic Police Cases 3 0174245001 7.5 244 2/20/2019
Authentic Police Cases 6 No Comic    
Batman 64 1012345005 5.0 108 9/21/2013
Batman 67 0193325003 7.0 268 12/31/2014
Beware 6 No Comic    
Beware 12 1076469001 8.5 528 2/12/2015
Beyond 27 0249159002 6.0 48 2/12/2015
Black Cat Comics 27 0248713016 6.0 37 5/10/2015
Black Cat Mystery 36 0174245002 7.5 120 2/12/2015
Black Cat Mystery 39 0915526001 8.0 202 2/12/2015
Blue Beetle 54 No Comic    
Blue Beetle 56 1028649007 6.5 180 4/28/2012
Brenda Starr v2 #4 1109070004 9.0 1175 9/15/2013
(Bugs Bunny) Four Color 250 1305458002 8.0 88 11/22/2015
Captain Marvel Adventures 101 No Comic    
Captain Video 2 0016811008 7.0 210 7/23/2011
Chamber of Chills 7 0745223015 9.0 585 2/17/2015
Classic Comics (Robinson Crusoe) 10 No Comic    
Classic Comics (Robinson Crusoe) HRN 14 10 0032086002 8.0 149 7/28/2012
Classic Comics (Robinson Crusoe) HRN 28 10 No Comic    
Classic Comics (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde) HRN 12 13 No Comic    
Classic Comics (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde) HRN 15 13 0963195011 9.2 675 6/8/2013
Classic Comics (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde) HRN 20 13 No Comic    
Classic Comics (Uncle Tom's Cabin) 15 No Comic    
Classic Comics (Uncle Tom's Cabin) HRN 14 15 0919122005 7.0 242 5/18/2014
Classic Comics (Uncle Tom's Cabin) HRN 15 15 1107073012 8.5 230 11/18/2012
Classic Comics (Uncle Tom's Cabin) HRN 28 15 No Comic    
Classic Comics (Uncle Tom's Cabin) HRN 53 15 No Comic    
Classic Comics (Uncle Tom's Cabin) HRN 154 15 No Comic    
Classic Comics (Great Expectations) 43 0916116012 7.5 331 8/9/2014
Classic Comics (Great Expectations) HRN 42 43 No Comic    
Classic Comics (Great Expectations) HRN 62 43 1212152008 9.4 2580 10/22/2017
Classic Comics (Great Expectations) Canada 43 No Comic    
Classic Comics (Mysteries of Paris) 44 No Comic    
Classic Comics (Mysteries of Paris) HRN 62 44 0085851008 6.0 51 3/2/2013
Classic Comics (Mysteries of Paris) HRN 78 44 No Comic    
Classics Illustrated (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) 50 0223281008 8.5 147 5/18/2014
Classics Illustrated (Silas Marner) 55 0330307014 7.5 53 4/29/2018
Classics Illustrated (Silas Marner) HRN 130 55 No Comic    
Classics Illustrated (Julius Caesar) 68 1970758010 8.5 114 3/15/2020
Classics Illustrated (Julius Caesar) HRN 85 68 2035228003 7.0 6 9/2/2019
Crime and Punishment 2 0186478001 7.5 55 1/21/2012
Crime and Punishment 3 0014538002 9.0 250 9/8/2013
Crime and Punishment 16 2035228008 6.5 19 8/31/2019
Crime and Punishment 59 No Comic    
Crime Can't Win 10 No Comic    
Crime Clinic 3 1277751001 7.5 63 7/16/2018
Crime Detective 9 0274999004 7.0 105 3/18/2016
Crime Does Not Pay 63 1199410012 8.5 151 12/27/2014
Crime Does Not Pay 64 0179801001 7.5 56 7/16/2011
Crime Does Not Pay 76 0987690004 8.0 84 12/31/2014
Crime Files 5 2082490010 9.6 1550 3/21/2020
Crime Reporter 2 1091480008 7.0 221 12/20/2014
Crime Smashers 1 0967135002 7.0 289 12/20/2010
Crime SuspenStories 19 No Comic    
Crime SuspenStories 20 0174245003 6.5 90 2/17/2015
Crimes By Women 3 No Comic    
Crimes By Women 10 0915397002 6.5 133 1/14/2012
Dagar Desert Hawk 19 0940753006 7.0 116 5/31/2011
Dagar Desert Hawk 21 0075965001 6.5 90 3/4/2012
Diary Loves 31 0274780012 4.5 5 3/22/2016
Doll Man 38 2035228004 4.5 32 9/1/2019
Dynamic Comics 17 No Comic    
Eerie Adventures 1 0954828001 6.5 105 10/9/2011
Exposed 6 1284743002 6.0 73 12/26/2019
Exposed 7 No Comic    
Famous Crimes 1 1557219005 6.0 173 8/14/2019
Famous Crimes 3 1034103001 6.5 109 7/18/2011
Famous Crimes 7 0918423003 8.0 231 1/5/2014
Famous Crimes 8 No Comic    
Famous Crimes 19 No Comic    
First Love Illustrated 35 0225776002 9.0 250 3/4/2014
Frontline Combat 4 0010251003 9.8 3000 9/16/2018
Frontier Romances 1 0701921002 7.5 181 12/25/2019
Fugitives From Justice 3 No Comic    
Gang Busters 3 0226943001 7.5 91 9/21/2019
Giant Comics Edition 4 0764736003 7.5 313 1/22/2019
Harvey Comics Library 1 No Comic    
Haunt Of Fear 17 (#3) No Comic    
Haunt Of Fear 19 1132557005 6.5 146 2/18/2015
Hopalong Cassidy 5 0917135004 9.0 325 9/30/2012
Hopalong Cassidy & the Mad Barber nn 0225776004 9.4 690 3/9/2014
Howdy Doody 6 0186478002 6.0 60 1/21/2012
Hunted 13 (#1) No Comic    
Ideal Comics (11/48) 3 0800903013 7.5 80 4/25/2017
Inside Crime 2 0059438003 7.0 60 9/21/2014
Jon Juan 1 0319817001 9.0 985 9/22/2017
Journey Into Fear 15 0274780019 3.5 27 3/11/2016
Jungle Comics 98 0700006001 8.5 302 3/13/2012
Justice Traps the Guilty 13 0198880003 6.5 20 9/29/2012
Justice Traps the Guilty 58 2115449001 5.0 35 5/16/2020
Kewpies 1 1292971001 8.5 469 8/28/2016
Killers 1 0783972002 8.5 1240 4/5/2015
Law Against Crime 3 0162818011 7.0 223 11/27/2011
Lawbreakers Always Lose 7 0323691013 6.5 62 3/4/2018
Martin Kane 4 (#1) 0719026011 8.5 320 6/9/2018
Meet Corliss Archer 1 1970169005 8.0 630 12/24/2019
Meet Corliss Archer 2 1253937004 7.5 200 1/12/2020
Meet Corliss Archer 3 No Comic    
Mr. Risk 2 (Ace Periodicals - 12/50) 1220600005 7.0 25 6/9/2018
Murder Incorporated 8 2115449003 5.0 33 5/22/2020
Murder Incorporated 9 0274780021 7.0 62 3/18/2016
My Life (previously Meet Corliss Archer) 4 1219836012 6.0 76 5/11/2014
Mysterious Adventures 11 1102784010 7.0 227 2/25/2015
Nightingale nn No Comic    
Nyoka The Jungle Girl 26 0074340009 9.4 420 10/4/2015
Out of This World Adventures 2 No Comic    
Perfect Crime 11 0225776003 6.0 41 5/10/2018
Peter Penny and his Magic Dollar nn 1561603024 9.4 555 1/6/2018
Phantom Lady 16 0609123002 5.5 499 12/21/2018
Phantom Lady 17 No Comic    
Planet Comics 53 1135353008 8.0 431 4/18/2013
Public Enemies 2 No Comic    
Real Clue Crime Stories v3 #3 2115449002 6.0 17 6/6/2020
Real Clue Crime Stories v3 #9 1284742013 5.0 17 12/27/2019
Real Life Comics 58 2115449010 7.0 47 5/23/2020
Red Seal Comics 16 0045497001 9.4 2895 3/10/2012
Reform School Girl nn No Comic    
Rulah Jungle Goddess 21 No Comic    
Rulah Jungle Goddess 22 1994870003 6.5 140 12/19/2018
Sensation Comics 81 0197926005 6.5 73 10/14/2012
Shock SuspenStories 4 0806037005 9.6 3440 8/25/2018
Spook 24 0917891008 7.0 130 2/26/2015
Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated 6 0274780022 7.5 81 3/18/2016
Story of Harry S Truman nn 0198880004 9.0 140 9/29/2012
Strange Adventures 39 0006683012 7.0 163 9/29/2012
Strange Mysteries 10 1102717011 8.5 327 2/27/2015
Strange Worlds 2 0168070003 7.0 536 2/27/2015
Super Duck 22 0198880001 6.0 15 9/29/2012
Superboy 2 0913991001 6.0 430 6/17/2012
Superman 55 1286969004 7.0 200 9/30/2018
Tegra Jungle Empress 1 1028682006 7.0 170 8/6/2011
Terrifying Tales 15 No Comic    
Terrors of the Jungle 17 0992225024 7.0 208 4/3/2015
Thing 9 1006810004 5.5 230 3/10/2015
T-Man 4 2004033020 7.0 74 1/19/2019
Tom Mix Western 9 1295802007 9.6 1200 10/7/2018
Top Secrets 7 1220600010 5.5 56 5/28/2017
Trapped! nn 0910280005 8.5 8 10/1/2011
True Crime Comics 2 No Comic    
True Crime Comics v2 #1 No Comic    
True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated 11 0225776001 9.2 98 3/8/2014
Underworld 2 No Comic    
Untamed Love 5 2021822004 5.0 30 11/23/2019
Wanted 12 No Comic    
Wanted 35 1220600008 7.5 50 5/13/2017
Wanted Comics 29 2012818002 6.5 2 10/30/2019
Web of Evil 1 0959892004 7.0 321 12/23/2015
Weird Fantasy 16 (#4) 0305501004 7.5 250 3/3/2019
Weird Mysteries 7 0917240009 5.0 268 4/1/2015
Weird Science 19 2016250006 6.0 100 7/27/2019
Western Adventures Comics nn (#3) 0213416001 8.5 94 10/6/2013
Wild Boy 10 0132024001 8.0 183 5/8/2020
Witches Tales 20 2016603001 5.0 48 7/4/2019
Women Outlaws 1 1220979009 6.5 184 9/27/2014
Wonder Woman 49 0304047013 7.0 205 11/12/2018
World's Finest 44 0189040014 4.0 72 9/21/2013
Your United States nn 1109593005 9.2 465 2/21/2013
Zoot 14 No Comic    

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