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Seduction of the Innocent
 Reproduction of first edition cover | |
| Author | Fredric Wertham |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Comic books |
| Publisher | Rinehart & Company |
Publication date | April 19, 1954 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 397 |
| OCLC | 9593548 |
Seduction of the Innocent is a book by German-born American psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, published in 1954, that warned that comic books were a negative form of popular literature and a serious cause of juvenile delinquency. The book was taken seriously at the time in the United States, and was a minor bestseller that created alarm in American parents and galvanized them to campaign for censorship. At the same time, a U.S. Congressional inquiry was launched into the comic book industry. Subsequent to the publication of Seduction of the Innocent, the Comics Code Authority was voluntarily established by publishers to self-censor their titles. In the decades since the book's publication, Wertham's research has been disputed by scholars.
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