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A Haunt of Fears: The Strange History of the British Horror Comics Campaign by Martin Barker (Paperback, 1992)
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Between 1949 and 1955 Britain was swept by a rising tide of panic about “American-style” or “horror” comics. The British press cried out in alarm: “Now Ban This Filth That Poisons Our Children,” “Drive Out the Horror Comics.” As one frenzied columnist protested: “I feel as though I have been trudging through a sewer. Here is a terrible twilight zone between sanity and madness . . . peopled by monsters, grave robbers, human flesh eaters.” A campaign against ghoulish comic books climaxed in an Act of Parliament making it illegal to publish or sell any material in comic form deemed to be “harmful to children.” We at GKWorld are a small family business selling toys and collectibles since 1997. Over 10,000 items in-stock, please check out all our listings. Please feel free to contact us with an.
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