A Haunt of Fears

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Summary

A revealing description of the British frenzy over U.S. horror comics & its unwitting links to Communist propaganda.

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Preface	p. 1
Introduction	p. 4
Officially, The Comics Campaign	p. 8
The True Story	p. 18
The Campaign Narrows	p. 36
Enter the Professionals, Staged Right	p. 49
Fredric Wertham's Nightmare	p. 56
The Rest of the Critics	p. 71
What's in a Comic?	p. 84
Lucy's Tale	p. 91
The Genre of Horror	p. 112
Criminal Varieties	p. 146
The Psychoanalysis of Lucy	p. 159
The Contradictions of the Comics Campaign	p. 170
Postscript	p. 188
Appendix: The Forgotten Cause for Concern	p. 200
Notes	p. 218
Bibliography	p. 229
Index	p. 237
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