For boys, Wonder Woman is a frightening image. For girls she is a morbid ideal. Where Batman is anti-feminine, the attractive Wonder Woman and her counterparts are definitely anti-masculine. — Fredric Wertham Copy Share Image
Through TV and moving pictures a child may see more violence in thirty minutes than the average adult experiences in a lifetime. What children see on the screen is violence as an almost casual commonplace of daily living. Violence becomes the fundamental principle of society, the natural law of humanity. Killing is as common as taking a walk, a gun… — Fredric Wertham Copy Share
For boys, Wonder Woman is a frightening image. For girls she is a morbid ideal. Where Batman is anti-feminine, the attractive Wonder Woman and… — Fredric Wertham Copy Share Image
Robin is a handsome ephebic boy, usually shown in his uniform with bare legs. He is buoyant with energy and devoted to nothing on… — Fredric Wertham Copy Share Image
The greatest achievement of the civil-rights movement is that it has restored the dignity of indignation. — Fredric Wertham Copy Share Image
The Batman type of story may stimulate children to homosexual fantasies, of the nature of which they may be unconscious. — Fredric Wertham Copy Share Image
