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March 4, 2013 06:54 pm PST

Comic books' real-life supervillain: psychiatrist Fredric Wertham

In the New York Times article about my research on psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, novelist Michael Chabon referred to the doctor as Ahab, obsessed with the white whale of comics. Well, if Wertham was Ahab, call me, Ishmael. (Images: Seduction of the Innocent website) For anyone studying comics, Wertham is a difficult figure to avoid. A [...]

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