tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post6692296178435664757..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: “A special devotee of Batman”? Not ReallyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-52125099429937711692013-02-17T00:12:41.808-05:002013-02-17T00:12:41.808-05:00Yes, as science Seduction of the Innocent is worth...Yes, as science <i>Seduction of the Innocent</i> is worthless since Wertham never considered the control group of kids who read comics and never had major psychological or legal trouble (i.e., the vast majority of kids).<br /><br />But even on its own terms as a collection of case studies, <i>Seduction of the Innocent</i> now appears to be fraudulent. <br /><br />Sooner or later I'll lay out my own theory about how the effect of <i>Seduction of the Innocent</i> on the Batman comics was distorted by the countercultural left of the mid-1960s.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-4141764766539462052013-02-16T06:55:56.215-05:002013-02-16T06:55:56.215-05:00Interesting, though his scientific approach was pr...Interesting, though his scientific approach was pretty much worthless already, since he sought out instances of a connection between comics and deviance and focussed on them, rather than analysing a wider range of data to see if a connection presented itself.<br /><br />I found a copy in a university library many many years ago, and it made odd reading even then.Icon_UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14919406626529921628noreply@blogger.com