Do comic books contribute to juvenile delinquency?

Spearheaded by Dr. Frederic Wertham and his infamous book “Seduction of the Innocent” the U.S. Congress conducted hearings on this very subject.

Author David Hadju’s book, “The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America” delves into the subject. He talks about the book and the 1950’s scare in the video below. Definitely a must read for comic book collectors.

While your at it, you might as well pick up a copy of the original book itself!

Mark Zaid of Esquire Comics presented a fantastic lecture for any fan of comic book history at the Yale Law School.  You can watch the video below.

Mark gives some basic history of how the modern comic book came to be, how trademarks and copyrights were secured and much more.  The lecture was titled “Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books” and he was kind enough to post the video copy online.