COMIC BOOK CENSORSHIP IN STATE LEGISLATURES 1949 EXTENSIVE LETTERS AND ARTICLES ARCHIVE.
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Auction #213 - Part II
Item numbers 1063 through 2753 in auction 213
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Item Description
All average 8.5x11” and are typewritten relating to comic book and magazine publishers growing concerns over censorship. Includes Albany PTA approval of passage of House bill regarding “Pictures Depicting Sordid Blood-Shed, Lust Or Heinous Acts” initialed “JSL”; two page carbon copy of letter to George T. Delacorte of Dell Publishing to keep him updated; four pages of pending bills; “Youth-Serving Organizations” six page report; “Crestwood Publishing” concerns over losing jobs due to new State Senate law (“It’s Vicious…It Starts America On The Road To Dictatorship”); and 23 one sided pages including ways to prevent censorship. Comes w/ folded 1956 photo stat positive article on comics. Some creasing, edge wear, and pencil notes here and there. Overall VG/Fine. An incredible archive of comic book history w/many one of a kind items. Great reading.
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