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Showing Original Post only (View all)These were the comic books my father made me throw out in 1969 [View all]
because he believed Readers' Digest or whatever about how comic books led to juvenile delinquency:
Superman
Batman
Archie comics
Binky
Dennis the Menace
No violence. Throwbacks to the Fifties. Superheroes. White bread.
My father never looked at what I was reading but just saw comic books and knew my mind was being polluted.
And no, I have not forgiven him for making me throw them away. I paid for them. They belonged to me.
Postscript: Dad struck again in 1972. He made me throw out the sheet music for Don MacLean's "American Pie." But this time, I waited for him to go to bed and retrieved it from the garbage. I still have it.
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My husband's mother did the same with his comic book & baseball card collection.
CrispyQ
Nov 2022
#8
I had Number Ones and complete original runs of Fantastic Four, X-Men, Daredevil, Avengers,
Midnight Writer
Nov 2022
#10
There were congressional hearings about the dangers of horror comic books.The damage done
3Hotdogs
Nov 2022
#12
Mom could have retired in luxury if she had not tossed dads awesome baseball card collection.
Ziggysmom
Nov 2022
#13