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Seduction of the Innocent , a book purporting that comic book reading causes juvenile delinquency. In true McCarthy-era fashion, the U.S. Senate holds hearings to investigate Wertham s claims. Dr. Wertham was called to testify at the hearings, as were other juvenile delinquency experts, representatives of the major comic companies, some of their advertisers and distributors, and the representatives from National Cartoonist Society.
Dr. Wertham came out on top. He had a lot of experience testifying in front of government committees. Most of the representatives from the comic companies were business men who knew very little about the editorial content of the comic books, so their answers about those topics were vague and seemed evasive. But they did know about the complex workings of their companies, and for that reason they were sent.