CLOSED - RARE 1949 Newspaper article on Comic Book censorship - LURID COMICS 1 1

[archiefan]

No HOS or Probies. PMs welcome but first  in the thread gets the item. Zelle preferred, PayPal accepted. Returns accepted in the SAME condition within a week but please notify first. Shipping within the US is included. Outside of the US add $30.

A RARE newspaper page from Feb 1949 Memphis Press-Scimitar on the crusade against comics that would culminate in the comics code in the 1950s. Great history here. That nice little old lady from the PTA wants lurid comics gone. Please note - newspaper page has been laminated. This make for easy handling and shipping. Condition overall is VG with no tears. Will be shipped rolled.   $85   $60   $40

Edited November 14, 2022 by archiefan

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 11/12/2022 at 12:22 PM, archiefan said:

That nice little old lady from the PTA

. . . . is the devil.

FTFY

 

(this is a cool piece of history!)

[Dr. Balls]

Ernest Borgnine had a problem with Patsy Walker comics?

[PickleRick1216]

I wonder how the return of the dripping ice box and the comeback of Chiang Kai-shek in communist China worked out....

[archiefan]

PRICE DROP to $60

[archiefan]

CLOSED

Edited November 14, 2022 by archiefan