Ep. 136 Comic book panic!

Rebellion! Crime! Juvenile delinquency!


On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast,
producer Chris Maltby explores the rise of comic books in the
early 20th century and the moral panic, book burnings, and
censorship that followed.


Show notes:


“The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare And How It
Changed America” by David Hajdu

“The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder” by Bob
Corn-Revere

“A National Disgrace” by Sterling North

“Puddles of Blood,” Time Magazine, 1948

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund



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