Fredric Wertham

Dr. Fredric Wertham (March 20, 1895–November 29, 1981) was a German-American psychiatrist and crusading author who protested the purportedly harmful effects of mass media—comic books in particular—on the development of children. His best-known book was Seduction of the Innocent (1954), which led to a U.S. Congressional inquiry into the comic book industry and the creation of the Comics Code.

Selected bibliography

• 1953: "What Parents Don't Know". Ladies' Home Journal, Nov. 1953, p. 50.
• 1954: "Blueprints to Delinquency". Reader's Digest, May 1954, p. 24.
• 1954: Seduction of the Innocent. Amereon Ltd. ISBN 0848816579
• 1955: "It's Still Murder". Saturday Review of Literature, April 9, 1955, p. 11.
• 1968: A Sign for Cain: An Exploration of Human Violence. Hale. ISBN 0709102321
• 1973: The World of Fanzines: A Special Form of Communication. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 0809306190