Showing posts with label Suspense Detective. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Suspense Detective. Show all posts

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Reading Room / Tales Twice Told THIS IS SUSPENSE "Short Step to Oblivion"

 We saw this tale of terror and justice uncut in Part 1...

Now let's see how it looked after the Comics Code Authority took their censoring scissors to the reprinted version...
The knife, seen in panels 5-7 on the original page, is now missing!
The knife in panels 3 and 5 is missing in the reprint page!
Despite being removed from the previous pages, the knife is shown to be the murder weapon!
But how did the knife get there if it was deleted from the earlier pages?
Ruth's word balloon in the last panel is rewritten to eliminate reference to the knife shown on the original page!
Why is Ruth screaming?
It's not like there's a dead body, like there was in the original page!
Why did the villain fall to his death?
Maybe it's the fact that Holiday shot him in the original version of the first panel!
This Comics Code Authority-eviscerated reprint appeared in Charlton's This is Suspense # 24 (1955).
The writer is unknown and the illustrator is George Evans.
A comic with no more violence or blood than a TV cop show of the period is gutted by the CCA to Protect the Morals of the Youth of America.
Take a good look at your parents.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Reading Room / Tales Twice Told SUSPENSE DETECTIVE "Short Step to Oblivion"

...it seems appropriate to take a look at how his far-reaching deception altered pop culture as we know it!
BTW, most people (myself included) felt that Wertham exaggerated his claims, but altering/modifying evidence to validate his theories went over the line.
This pre-Comics Code tale appeared in Fawcett's Suspense Detective #1 (1952), illustrated by George Evans, but the writer is uncredited.
It seems to be a straightforward tale of mistaken identity and justice served with some violence mixed in, but nothing over-the-top, right?
Not according to the Comics Code Authority!
Be back Thursday to see how the Code altered this story, which they considered too violent!
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