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Frederic Wertham

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The Resume

    (March 20, 1895-November 29, 1981)
    Came to the United States (1922)
    Psychologist at John Hopkins University in New York
    Attacked comic books in the books 'Seduction of the Innocent' and 'A Sign for Cain'
    Also wrote 'The Brain As An Organ,' 'Dark Legend,' 'Circle of Guilt' and 'The World of Fanzines'

Why he might be annoying:

    He believed comic books were corrupting America's youth, making them commit acts of sex and violence.
    His book against comics, 'Seduction of the Innocent,' sparked congressional hearings on comic decency and nearly destroyed the comic industry (1954).
    He put an end to the Golden Age of comic books.
    He claimed that Batman and Robin were gay, Superman was a Nazi, and Wonder Woman was a lesbian who had a penis.
    The outcry he started, made the comic industry form the Comics Code Authority, which put limits on comic artists' creativity for decades.
    Comic book fans hate him.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He advised New York City on the first psychiatric prison for felons.
    At one point, he was one of the most respected psychiatric experts in the U.S.
    He was deeply concerned with the effect comic book violence had on children.
    He changed his mind in 1973 with his book 'The World of Fanzines,' which said that comics were good for kids and had created a new art form.
    He went to the New York Comic Art Convention to promote his new book and was heckled out of the complex by comic book fans who were angry at him for the outcry he had started in 1954. Wertham never wrote anything on comic books again.

Credit: Ratman


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    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 89.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 85 Votes: 74.12% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 163 Votes: 68.71% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 279 Votes: 69.89% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 300 Votes: 69.67% Annoying