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Seduction of the Innocent cited overt or covert depictions of violence, sex, drug use, and other adult fare within " crime comics " — a term Wertham used to describe not only the popular gangster / murder-oriented titles of the time, but superhero and horror comics as well.

The book asserted, largely based on undocumented anecdotes, that reading this material encouraged similar behavior in children.