- 4. If crime, when it enters the plot, is incidental.
- 5. Any situation that does not compromise good morals.
Some objection
- 1. Criminal acts or moral violations even if given legal punishment.
- 2. The presence of criminals even if they are not shown as enjoying their crimes.
Objectionable
- 1. Women as gun molls, criminals, and the wielders of weapons.
- 2. Any situation having a sexy implication.
- 3. Persons dressed indecently or unduly exposed (costume not appropriate to the occasion).
- 4. Crime stories even if they purport to show that crime does not pay.
- 5. Situations that glamorize criminals.
- 6. The details or methods of crime, especially if enacted by children.
- 7. Thwarted justice.
- 8. Law-enforcement officials portrayed as stupid or ineffective.
Very objectionable
- 1. An exaggerated degree of any of the above-mentioned acts or scenes.
MORBID EMOTIONALITY
No objection
- 1. Any situation that does not arouse morbid emotionality in children.
Some objection
- 1. Overrealistic portrayal of death of villains.
- 2. Grotesque, fantastic, unnatural creatures.
- 3. Imminent death of hero or heroine.
Objectionable
- 1. The kidnapping of women or children or the implication of it.
- 2. Characters shown bleeding, particularly from the face and mouth.
- 3. The use of chains, whips, or other cruel devices.
- 4. The picturization of dead bodies.
- 5. Stories and pictures that tend to upset children.
- 6. Anything with sadistic implication.
- 7. Portrayal of mayhem, acts of assault or murder.
- 8. People being attacked or injured by animals or reptiles.
Very objectionable
- 1. An exaggerated degree of any of the above-mentioned acts or scenes.
A PRECAUTION
These criteria are intended to serve primarily as guides and check-points in the evaluation of camic heaks, rather ihan as complete standards which must in all eases be applied literally and rigidiy. They should be used by the reviewer in the light of his best Judgment regarding good taste, the intent and spirit of the story and content of the individual frames of the story.
The comic magazine ratings presented herewith do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors and publishers of Parents' Magazine. The evaluations by the Cincinnati committee were made partly in the spring and party in the fall of 194). It is possible that the charaeter of the contents af some of the magazines may have changed since the evaluations.
How 555 Comics Rate
Approximately 50 trained reviewers hare evaluated the following 555 comic magazines, some of which are "one shots" (those appearing only once). Included in the list are some magazines which are perhaps no longer being published at the time this article appears. The magazines were classified in four different groups, identifiable by means of the key letters, A, B, C, and D.
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Number of magazines; Ratings and key letter 165 No objection (A) 151 Some objection (B) 167 Objectionable (C)
69 Very objectionable (D)