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Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Comic Book Burning, 1954

A Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . The 1950s was a decade of moral panics. In this case it was over children being exposed to horror comic books.

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The 1950s was a decade of moral panics. In this case it was over children being exposed to horror comic books. The Jaycee Youth Leadership collected 8000 comics and organized a book burning on Prior Street. The authors of Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Noir write that "no significant improvement in juvenile behaviour was observed" following the event.

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