You Decide! Should Batman Tell Robin?

[mousepod]

Fred Wertham famously attacked Batman and Robin's sexuality in "Seduction of the Innocent" in 1954. 11 years later, Jules Feiffer wrote a fantastic commentary on it called "The Great Comic Book Heroes" - definitely worth reading.

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Originally Posted by mousepod

Fred Wertham famously attacked Batman and Robin's sexuality in "Seduction of the Innocent" in 1954. 11 years later, Jules Feiffer wrote a fantastic commentary on it called "The Great Comic Book Heroes" - definitely worth reading.

Fred Wertham would later go on to attack his own sexuality, which he declared to be "depraved and sick." In the 1960s Wertham tried unsuccessfully to have himself banned from bookstores & I-5 rest stops, but could only go so far as to get his library card revoked. Nevertheless, this thread was supposed to be about the Harper's article, which I thought was pretty fascinating. The cartoon was a nice bonus after doing a search on Google.